Developing biosensors in developing countries: South Africa as a case study

Biosensors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Fogel, Ronen ^a   Limson, Janice ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biorecognition; Biosensors; Biotechnology; Innovation; Nanotechnology; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOSENSORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIORECOGNITION; BIORECOGNITION ELEMENTS; CASE-STUDIES; FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH; INNOVATION; LOW-COSTS; ROBUST SENSING; SENSOR RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSDUCTION METHOD;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

APTAMER; BIOPOLYMER; CARBON NANOTUBE; METAL; METAL NANOPARTICLE; METALLOPHTHALOCYANINE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOMATERIAL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; POLYANILINE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOSENSOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSENSOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NANOFABRICATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLICY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HIV INFECTIONS; PROCEDURES; TUBERCULOSIS;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84962226335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20796374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/bios6010005     Document Type: Review

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