BIOCHIPS

OVERVIEW

• A cheap and reliable computer chip look-alike that performs thousands of biological reactions
• (1)

BIOCHIP SUPPORTING FACTS

• A biochip is a collection of miniaturized test sites (microarrays) arranged on a solid substrate(1)
• A biochip can perform thousands of biological reactions, such as decoding genes, in a few seconds
• (1)

BIOCHIP OPPOSING FACTS

CONCLUSION

• As this fast-maturing field already boasts sales of products,
• Biochips are likely to have a significant bussiness future
• (2)

RESOURCES

• http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/biochip
• http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v18/n10s/full/nbt1000_IT43.html