Abstract

ADVANCES IN BIOCHIPS, AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN MODERN SOCIETY

*Balisa Mosisa Ejeta and Getu Bayisa Wakjira

ABSTRACT

It is not exaggerating if we say that technological advances have affected all aspects of modern day life and continue to affect exceptionally in an area that were once considered unrealistic. Biochip is the latest sphere of this technological revolution arriving every horizon of the globe for every walk of life. A biochip is a miniaturized computer chip, which is a mix of electronic circuits for analyzing electrical signals and tiny channels for the passage of fluids, usually body fluids such as blood. There can be different types of biochips. Some biochips may be in the form of radiofrequency identification (RFID) chip usually injected into humans and animals for real time monitoring of parameters. A prosthetic interface chips is also considered a biochip and so is a petri-dish full of lab-grown rat brain cells interfaced to a personal computer.[1]

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