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Integrated microfluidic systems for high-performance genetic analysis

NCJ Number
308093
Journal
Trends in Biotechnology Volume: 27 Issue: 10 Dated: 2009 Pages: 572-581
Author(s)
Peng Liu; Richard A. Mathies
Date Published
2009
Length
10 pages
Annotation

This study assesses integrated microfluidic systems for genetic analysis.

Abstract

The authors of this study review several significant examples of microfluidic integration in DNA sequencing, gene expression analysis, pathogen detection, and forensic short tandem repeat typing. The advantages of high speed, increased sensitivity, and enhanced reliability enable these integrated microsystems to address bioanalytical challenges such as single-copy DNA sequencing, single-cell gene expression analysis, pathogen detection, and forensic identification of humans in formats that enable large-scale and point-of-analysis applications. Driven by the ambitious goals of genome-related research, fully integrated microfluidic systems have developed rapidly to advance biomolecular and, in particular, genetic analysis. To produce a microsystem with high performance, several key elements must be strategically chosen, including device materials, temperature control, microfluidic control, and sample/product transport integration. (Published Abstract Provided)