Prescription chips

The fusion of biotechnology with the semiconductor and microelectronic industry has great potential for generating advanced technology and novel devices to solve a variety of biological problems. With further miniaturization and integration, enzyme chips will be used not only to monitor biochemical reactions but also to record ongoing biological processes, analyze complex biological reactions, and respond to abnormal biochemical reaction for disease treatment. Rapid advancement in biotechnology has no signs of stopping in the foreseeable future. The information provided by functional genomics and proteomics may be considered as a map for "treasure hunting" in many different applications. One of the most efficient experimental tools for discovering natureʹs treasure may be the semiconductor biochip.