The use of biosensors for the detection of chemical and biological weapons
Turkish Journal of Biochemistry, cilt.35, sa.1, ss.72-74, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Teknik Not
- Cilt numarası: 35 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2010
- Dergi Adı: Turkish Journal of Biochemistry
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.72-74
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Biological, Biosensor, Chemical, Detection, Weapons
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
A wide spectrum of chemicals, toxins and microbiological materials including some bacterial exotoxins has potential for use in a warfare or terror attacks. Both civilian and military sources predict that over the next decade the threat from proliferation of these chemical and biological warfare agents will increase significantly. Recent terrorist events and threats have shown that an urgent and effective method is required for sensing the threat detection, especially chemical and biological warfare agents. So, reliable and rapid detection and identification of these biochemical agents is one of the primary concerns that physicians and other health staff have to deal with. In this paper, biosensor, which is one of these prominent detection systems is overviewed from the aspect of medical response against these weapons. Application fields of biosensors highlighting the use in detection and identification of biochemical weapons of mass destruction have been described to emphasize the trends on new technology of sensors. Various types of sensors have been developed and extensively evaluated on field. This paper also describes this developing technology for detecting such agents. It may be envisaged that national capability to detect these terror agents rapidly should be improved in terms of recognition of the exposure. © TurkJBiochem.com.