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Cheng J, Fortina P, Surrey S, et al. Microchip-based Devices for Molecular Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases. Mol Diagn. 1996;1(3):183-200doi: 10.1016/s1084-8592(96)70004-8.
Cheng, J., Fortina, P., Surrey, S., Kricka, L. J., & Wilding, P. (1996). Microchip-based Devices for Molecular Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases. Molecular diagnosis : a journal devoted to the understanding of human disease through the clinical application of molecular biology, 1(3), 183-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1084-8592(96)70004-8
Cheng, et al. "Microchip-based Devices for Molecular Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases." Molecular diagnosis : a journal devoted to the understanding of human disease through the clinical application of molecular biology vol. 1,3 (1996): 183-200. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/s1084-8592(96)70004-8
Cheng J, Fortina P, Surrey S, Kricka LJ, Wilding P. Microchip-based Devices for Molecular Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases. Mol Diagn. 1996 Sep;1(3):183-200. doi: 10.1016/s1084-8592(96)70004-8. PMID: 10462559.
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Mol Diagn. 1996 Sep;1(3):183-200. doi: 10.1016/s1084-8592(96)70004-8.

Microchip-based Devices for Molecular Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases.

Molecular diagnosis : a journal devoted to the understanding of human disease through the clinical application of molecular biology

Cheng, Fortina, Surrey, Kricka, Wilding

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  1. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

PMID: 10462559 DOI: 10.1016/s1084-8592(96)70004-8

Abstract

Microchips, constructed with a variety of microfabrication technologies (photolithography, micropatterning, microjet printing, light-directed chemical synthesis, laser stereochemical etching, and microcontact printing) are being applied to molecular biology. The new microchip-based analytical devices promise to solve the analytical problems faced by many molecular biologists (eg, contamination, low throughput, and high cost). They may revolutionize molecular biology and its application in clinical medicine, forensic science, and environmental monitoring. A typical biochemical analysis involves three main steps: (1) sample preparation, (2) biochemical reaction, and (3) detection (either separation or hybridization may be involved) accompanied by data acquisition and interpretation. The construction of a miniturized analyzer will therefore necessarily entail the miniaturization and integration of all three of these processes. The literature related to the miniaturization of these three processes indicates that the greatest emphasis so far is on the investigation and development of methods for the detection of nucleic acid, followed by the optimization of a biochemical reaction, such as the polymerase chain reaction. The first step involving sample preparation has received little attention. In this review the state of the art of, microchip-based, miniaturized analytical processes (eg, sample preparation, biochemical reaction, and detection of products) are outlined and the applications of microchip-based devices in the molecular diagnosis of genetic diseases are discussed.

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