Microfluidics and Bio-Mems

DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) and Bio MEMS

The Human Genome Project introduced an era during which individualized approaches to medicine are possible through an analysis of a person’s DNA. The 1997 movie “GATTACA”, considered a world during which genetic engineering allowed parents to work out the entire genetic makeup of their children. With genetically perfect offspring, the film proposed a replacement brand of discrimination, one supported "science”. In 2007 the concept introduced in “GATTACA” became a possibility with the event and availability of DNA Lab-on-a-chip devices. These devices are used not just for basic research, but also within the field of forensics and disease prediction. The DNA microarray within the graphic uses single-stranded DNA probes to bond with complementary single-stranded target DNA within the sample thus enabling the DNA microarray to identify the target DNA.