Biosensors

Viewpoints Archive


	2006
Dec/Jan -		2006: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2007
November -		Biosensors for Process Control and Monitoring
October -		Biosensors and Biodefense
September -		Biosensors in Health-Care Applications
August -		Next-Generation Bioanalytical Devices
July -		Sphere Pushes Sensor Boundaries with MIPs
June -		Nanotechnology and Biosensors New Technology Area: Connected Homes
May -		Nanotechnology, Biosensors—and Pasta Recent Developments: New Biosensors Market Data
April -		Recent Developments: Gyroscope-Based Biosensor Detects Cancer • Novel Drug-Delivery System Creates Opportunities for Biosensors
March -		Rapid Molecular Detection of Urinary-Tract Infections Recent Developments: Metallic-Glass–Coated Wire for Biosensor Applications • Axela Biosensors and Kimberley-Clark's In-Licensing Agreement
February -		Recent Developments: Biosensor for Health and Fitness Monitoring • Nanomaterials That Leverage Negative Index of Refraction • Corning Inc.'s Patent-Infringement Claim • Innovative Micro Technology's Silicon-Biosensor Division

	2005	Download all 2005 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2005: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2006
November -		Recent Developments: Amines Enhance Gold-Surface Chemistry in Biosensor Development • Nanotubes and Nanowires Combine to Detect Clinical Markers for Prostate Cancer
October -		Recent Developments: Cell-Based Biosensor System for Cancer Management • Interferometric Biosensor for Avian-Influenza Detection
September -		Opportunities for Biosensors in Marine-Monitoring Applications Recent Developments: Electrodes and Atomic-Force Microscopy
August -		Recent Developments: Toumaz Technology and Advance Nanotech Enhance Wireless Biosensor Development • Thermal-Aware Routing Protocol for Implantable Biosensor Networks • Detection Limits of Nanoscale Biosensors
July -		Future Trends in Environmental Biosensor Development Recent Developments: Biosensor Detects Antibiotic Resistant Strains of Bacteria
June -		Optical Biosensors for Cancer Management Recent Developments: Enzyme-Powered Fuel Cell
May -		Recent Developments: Menarini Develops a Continuous Subcutaneous Lactate-Monitoring System • NVE Receives Key U.S. Biosensor Patent • NIST Researchers Disperse Nanoscale Particles of Polyanaline into a Mild Solvent
April -		Recent Developments: Pfizer Invests in Point-of-Care Testing Technology • Researchers Use Modified Nanocrystalline Diamond to Create a Biosensor • Biosensor Devices Use Electrochemically Active Biofilms
March -		Biosensors for Anthrax Detection Recent Developments: World's First Biosensor-Based Disposable Diabetes-Screening Device
February -		Recent Developments: Ambri Reorganizes Biosensor Activities • Animas Will Acquire Cygnus Technology • Human-Diabetes–Vaccine Trials Gain Approval

	2004	Download all 2004 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2004: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2005
November -		Glucose Biosensor Developers Need to Broaden their Business Focus Recent Developments: Biosensor System for Veterinary Diagnostics Is New • Researchers Develop 0.4-Centimeter Nanotubes
October -		Closed-Loop Insulin-Infusion System for Point of Care Recent Developments: Biosensors to Detect Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
September -		Recent Developments: Colorimetric Sensor for Hazardous Metal-Ion Detection • Nanopatterning-Based Manufacturing Processes • Cygnus's Future Business Prospects
August -		Recent Developments: SPR-Based Technology Determines Monoclonal Antibodies' Concentration • Magnetic Biosensor Aids Molecular Diagnostics • Becton, Dickinson Acquires Atto Bioscience
July -		Recent Developments: Multienzymatic Conductimetric Biosensor for Aquatic Toxin Detection • Remote Embedded Diabetes Monitoring System
June -		Recent Developments: Attana AB Launches QCM-Based Biosensor • Researchers Extend the Life of Enzymes • New Biosensor Detects Cholera
May -		Optical Biosensor Devices for Tuberculosis Detection Recent Developments: Medical Biosensor Systems to Receive EU Research Funding • Optical Sensor for Continuous Monitoring of Glucose Levels
April -		Recent Developments: A Glyoxal-Oxidase–Based Biosensor • Microcantilever-Based Biosensor to Detect Single Virus Particle in Real-Time • Multipathogen Biosensor Program
March -		Recent Developments: Sankyo Settles Dispute with Cygnus • Abbott Laboratories Acquires TheraSense Inc. • MEMs-based Biosensor Detects Medical-Implant Infections • VEGF Optimizes Implantable Biosensor Function
February -		Advances in Nanoscale Biosensors for Medical Diagnostics Recent Developments: Genetically Engineered Biosensor License

	2003	Download all 2003 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2003: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2004
November -		Recent Developments: Biosensor for Clinical Dental Applications • IGF-1 Biosensor for Military Application • New Gene-Detection Procedure Announcement: Next Generation Technologies
October -		Recent Developments: Conducting Polymers Enhance DNA Sensing • Independent Market Research Confirms the Potential for Ambri's SensiDx System • Portable Monitor Detects AIDS
September -		Recent Developments: Akubio's Acoustic Technology Enhances Frequency-Change-Quartz Crystal Biosensors • Cygnus Reports Financial Results for Half-Year 2003
August -		Implications of Biosensor Commercialization
July -		Recent Developments: Engineered Proteins Enhance Biosensor Design • The SPR Technology-Based Biosensor Market Has Changes
June -		An Injectable Cure for Diabetes within Ten Years Recent Developments: A Contact Lens to Measure Glucose
May -		Recent Developments: Gold Nanoparticles Wire Up Redox Enzymes • Toshiba Develops Optical Biosensor Device • Multipathogen Biosensor Enters Prototype-Developments Stage • Gallium Nitride–Based MicroLED Arrays for Biosensors
April -		Recent Developments: MEMS Technology Services from MST-charged • EU-Funded biosensor Research
March -		Optical Biosensor Devices for Protein-Interaction Research Recent Developments: Neurological Biosensor Chip
February -		Forthcoming Semi-Invasive/Noninvasive Blood-Glucose Meters Recent Developments: Oxford Biosensors in Product Manufacture and Commercialization Phase

	2002	Download Aug.–Dec. 2002 Viewpoints
Dec/Jan -		2002: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2003
November -		Recent Developments: Matsushita Seeks Cooperative Opportunities in Biosensor Development • Artificial Pancreas Delivers Insulin
October -		Biosensor Development in Israel Recent Developments: Biosensor for Pathogen Detection in Poultry-Based Foodstuffs
September -		Recent Developments: Light-Reactive Polymer Could Find Use in Biosensors • Biosensors Detect Genetically Modified Organisms • Biacore's Cell-Based Assay and SPR Array Chip Systems Move Ahead
August -		Recent Developments: Biosensor for Drug Abuse • Advances in the Development of Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery Systems • A Biosensor Array from Living Cells
July -		Recent Developments: Biosensor for Dengue Virus Detection • New Biosensor Screening Technology from Matsushita Electric • Two Diabetes PDA-Based Management Systems • Prediabetes
June -		Recent Developments: Cygnus Launches GlucoWatch Biographer in United States • SRU Biosystems Develops Biomolecular Interaction Detection Biosensor • Waveguide Boosts Capillary Biosensor Sensitivity • i-STAT Reports Results for Year-End 2001 Explorer Announcement
May -		Ongoing EC-Funded Biosensor Research Recent Developments: Microcantilever Biosensor
April -		Business Opportunities for Biosensor Developers Emerge in the People's Republic of China Recent Developments: Optical Biosensor Will Combat Bioterorism
March -		Recent Developments: Biosensor Determines Wound Infections • Prolinx's SPR-Based Molecular Interaction Analysis System Nears Commercializations • Biacore and Bruker Daltonics Announce Strategic Collaboration in Functional Proteomics • Yeast Biosensor Aids Drug Discovery
February -		Cloned Pigs and Rejection-Free Transplants Recent Developments: Live Spores for Real-Time Biosensing

	2001
Dec/Jan -		2001: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2002
November -		Recent Developments: The FONA Biosensor Nears Commercialization; Synthetic Blood Advances Less-Invasive Glucose Biosensor Design; Biacore Launches New Product
October -		Diabetes Management: Developments in Test Formats for Glycated Hemoglobin Recent Developments: Ambri's Commercialization Plans
September -		Recent Developments: Thermally Killed Microbial Cells Enhance BOD Biosensors; IVD Directive Update; New Starch-Based Artificial Antibody
August -		Recent Developments: Genetic Engineering Approach to Biosensor Development; New Entrant in the Optical Biosensor Market; Inverness Medical Technology's Diabetes Care Products Business
July -		Recent Developments: Biosensors Gain Higher Profile as Veterinary Diagnostic Tools; Biosensor to Detect Genetically Modified Foods
June -		Activites at Oxford Biosensors Recent Developments: Nucleic Acid Biosensor
May -		Developments in Early Screening for Cancer Recent Developments: FDA Approval for Cygnus's GlucoWatch Biographer
April -		Recent Developments: Biacore Announces SPR-Based Pharmacoproteomics Assay; Matsushita Electric Develops Blood Cholesterol Monitor; Japanese Firm Challenges Affymetrix's Dominance of Gene Chip Market
March -		New Therapies for Diabetes Management Recent Developments: Biacore in Japanese National Research Project; Pheromone Sciences's Fertility Monitor
February -		Recent Developments: Histamine Biosensor for Medical Applications; A Biosensor to Evaluate Anti-Alzheimer's Drugs; Enzymes as Nonconsuming Substrate Biosensors

	2000
Dec/Jan -		2000: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2001
November -		Recent Developments: Procter & Gamble Acquires 10% Share in Ambri; Biosensors from Yeast Receptors; DNA Biosensor to Detect Cryptosporidium Parvum in Water; New Test for E. coli Bacteria
October -		Recent Developments: Japanese Researchers Grow a Pancreas from Frog Egg Cells; Biacore Adopts a Stakeholder-Focused Strategy; Synthetic Blood International Enters Codevelopment with UMM Electronics; University of Saskatchewan Scientists Develop M-DNA Biosensor
September -		Advances in Optical Biosensors Recent Developments: Technique for Synthesizing Antibody Substitutes
August -		Recent Developments: Advanced Insulin Infusion with a Control Loop; Biosensor for Point-of-Care Diagnostics; New Nitrocellulose Strip-Based Electrochemical Biosensor
July -		Patient Monitoring System for Prostate Cancer Recent Developments: New Coatings and Clots
June -		Recent Developments: Microbial Biosensor for Wastewater and Saltwater, Labsystems Affinity Sensors's First IAsys Biosensor for China, New Approach to Detect Defects in DNA, Biosensor to Measure Methanol
May -		Recent Developments: More Cooperation Agreements for Biacore, BioProfile Chemistry Analyzer, Bacterial Sensor for Polluted Land, Low-Fire Materials
April -		Threats to the Blood Glucose-Monitoring Device Market Recent Developments: Rapid Sensors to Detect Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, Biosensor to Detect Estrus in Cattle
March -		Recent Developments: Electronic Noses to Detect Illness, New Systems for Biacore, Biosensor to Detect Multiple Pathogens for Testing
February -		Novel Biosensor Designs for Bioprocess Monitoring Recent Developments: Cygnus's Continuous Glucose Monitor, YSI's Cooperative Agreement with NRL, Chemel's Needle Sensor

	1999
Dec/Jan -		1999: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2000
November -		Use of Conductive Polymer Electrodes for Biomolecule Immobilization in Biosensors Recent Developments: In Situ Colloidal Assembly Method
October -		Noninvasive Glucose Monitoring: An Update Recent Developments: Self-Assembly of New Microstructured Material; Planar Optic Biosensor to Detect Salmonellat typhimurium
September -		Recent Developments: Cellomics and Molecular Probes Announce Agreement; Quantech Announces Marketing Agreement with Axiom Solutions; Biosensor Detects Toxin in Poultry Feed; Matsushita Electric Develops an Appliance to Detect Pathogens in Food
August -		Explorer Technology Charts
*Before August 1999, the Explorer service was called TechMonitoring, and Viewpoints* were TechLinks.**
July -		Recent Developments: Insulin-Free Diabetes; A New Portable Biosensor Technology for Vapor Detection; Biacore's Expansion in the Food Analysis Market
June -		Recent Developments: MiniMed Ups the Stakes in the Development of an Artificial Pancreas; Piezoelectric Biosensor Detects Seafood Pathogen
May -		Recent Developments: The SIRE Biosensor Creates Consumer Interest; Zeneca Tests Environmental Biosensors; New Cosmos Electric Develops Electronic Nose
April -		Biosensors for Bioprocess Monitoring Recent Developments: Long-Term Implantable Biosensor with Optoelectronic Glucose Detection
March -		Programmable Drug-Delivery Microchips Recent Developments: Implantable Glucose Sensor Patent and Moves Toward the Human Clinical Trial Stage; Clearance to Market Novel Neurodiagnostic Technology
February -		Recent Developments: Compact-Disc Technology to Perform Laboratory Tests; New Biosensor to Test Soil for Chemical Residues; Biacore's Expansion Program

	1998
Dec/Jan -		1998: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1999
November -		Recent Developments: A Novel Gel-Bilayer Channel Biosensor; Carbon Graphite Paste Biosensor; A New Entrant in the Optical Biosensor Market
October -		Insect Biosensors Have Array of Potential Applications Recent Developments: Cygnus and Becton Dickinson End GlucoWatch Alliance; Liquid Crystals Light Up Tests
September -		Recent Developments: Diasensor 1000 Approved for the European Market; SIRE Biosensor from Chemel AB; New Method of Modifying Proteins;
August -		Alternatives Routes to Insulin Administration Recent Developments: European Concerted Action: Biosensors for Environmental Monitoring/Environmental Technology
July -		Recent Developments: Affymetrix and Molecular Dynamics Collaborate to Standardize Array-Based Genetic Analysis; Fiber-Optic Biosensor to Detect Biological Agents; A Sensor to Measure Hardness and/or Softness of Material; Glowing Bacteria to Monitor Environment
June -		Recent Developments: An Optical Glucose Monitor; Blood-Glucose Monitors from Aetna; Diametrics Medical's Blood Analysis System; Whole-Cell Rapid Toxicity Biosensor from Terra Nova Systems; Glowing Biosensors
May -		Recent Developments: Fluorochemical Biosensor Eliminates Oxygen Dependence; An Implanted Fiber Optic Biochip Detects Glucose; Biacore Publishes Year-End Report 1997; Magnetism Could Orient Protein Crystal
April -		Painless Semi-Invasive Blood Glucose Monitors: An Update Recent Developments: A Porous Silicon-Based Optical Interferometric Biosensor
March -		Gene Chip Technology Is Ready to Affect Diagnostic Market Recent Developments: Custom-Designed Cell Surfaces Adhere to Synthetic Materials; Biosensor Will Detect Chlorophenols
February -		Recent Developments: SPR Technology Permits Custom Chemical Biosensors; Quantech and Perkin-Elmer Sign Technology and Development Agreement; Aradigm Corp. Develops an Insulin Inhalation Device

	1997
Dec/Jan -		1997: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1998
November -		Researchers Develop Biosensors for Food Analysis Recent Developments: Biacore Enters Food Analysis Market; Biosensor Uses Conductive Polymers; Affinity Sensors Introduces Hydrophobic Sensor Surface
October -		Implantable Glucose Biosensors: An Update Recent Developments: Glucose Oxidase Immobilized on Cotton Cheesecloth
September -		Recent Biosensor Research Alliances Recent Developments: Fructosamine Biosensor for Measuring Glucose Control in Diabetes; Biosensor to Detect Explosives; Biosensor to Measure Fructose in Fruit Juice
August -		Recent Developments: The World's Smallest Biosensor; Research Project to Develop Bioprocessor Chips; Chiron Diagnostics to Utilize Evanescent Wave Technology
July -		Recent Developments: Maneuvers in the Point-of-Care Patient Monitoring Market; Biosensor to Detect Biological and Chemical Agents of Defense Interest; Cell-Based Hybrid Biosensor
June -		Recent Developments: Polarized Light to Measure Blood Glucose; The Patient State Analyzer from Physiomerix: Near Commercialization; A Glucopyranoside-Imprinted Polymer
May -		Transplantation Therapy for Diabetics Recent Developments: Biacore's New Sensor Probe
April -		Quantech to Introduce SPR-Based Biosensor in 1997 Recent Developments: A Biosensor for E. coli
March -		Abbott Continues to Expand Its Presence in Blood Glucose Market Recent Developments: Novel Polymers Will Trap Biosensing Molecules; Breath Test Will Detect Helicobacter Pylori Infections
February -		A Porous Silicon Biosensor Recent Developments: Fiber-Optic Live Cell Biosensor; Biosensors for Nitrate Detection

	1996
Dec/Jan -		1996: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1997
November -		Recent Developments: Data Management Systems and Point-of-Care Blood Gas Testing; New Mode of DNA Detection; Pharmacia Biosensor AB
October -		Recent Developments: A Biosensor-Based Meter for the Wine Industry; Mass-Produced Antibodies from Plants; Biosensor for the Quality Control of Fish Meat
September -		Recent Developments: Disetronic; DNA Probes on a Microchip; Fiber-Optic Biosensor for Remote Analysis of Hazardous Materials
August -		Biosensor Technology Development in China Recent Developments: SPR/AFM-Based Instrument to Assist in the Design of Improved Biosensors
July -		Recent Developments: Enzymic Biosensor Detection of Metal Ions; High-Sensitivity Biological Biosensor for Environmental Applications; First U.S. Patent for Dioxin Sensor; Artificial Antibodies from Molecular Imprinting; No FDA Approval for Diasensor 1000
June -		Recent Developments: Avitech and Pharmacia: Enzymatic Mismatch Scanning Research Agreement; New Biosensors for Environmental Monitoring; Periodontitis Biosensor
May -		Recent Developments: Du Pont Introduces Multibiosensor for Use in Routine Clinical Chemistry; Irori Develops Encoded Combinatorial Chemistry Technology; Fisons Applied Sensor Technology Becomes Affinity Sensors; Abbott Laboratories Makes $867 Million Offer For MediSense; Quantech Validates Biosensor Technology
April -		The Race to Commercialize a Biosensor for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Recent Developments: Thin-Film Biosensor for Detecting Biohazards
March -		European Research into Sensors for In Vivo Glucose Monitoring
February -		Corporate Changes in the Market for Evanescent Optical Biosensors Recent Developments: A Piezoelectric Biosensor to Detect Airborne Mycobacterial Antigens
Dec/Jan -		1995: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1996