All aboard the chip!

摘要

The Cambridge Healthtech Institute's Microarrays and Microchips conference was Held in Tokyo, Japan, 4-5 June 2001. The mainiaturized tools such as microarrays And microchips used in clinical applications Carry great promises for the future. Preliminary results form microarray Analysis, in particular, clearly demonstrate The feasibility of using expression profiles For improved cancer diagnosis. The Worldwide market for such miniaturized Diagnostic tools is estimated to increase Sixfold to US$3.3 billion in 2004. In ten Years time, the market for diagnostic Microarrays or the combination of arrays And microchips or microflidics devices Could be worth tens of billions of dollars.