BIOCHIPS FOR CHARACTERIZING BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES

摘要

This invention includes biochips (Figure 18d) for analysis of a variety of molecules, cell components and cells. Embodiments of this invention include devices and methods for parallel and/or nearly parallel processing of biological analytes. Biochips can comprise a substrate, Raman signal-enhancing structures, and receptors selective and/or specific for the analyte(s) to be assayed. Biochips can be read using a Raman reader and can provide for rapid, sensitive, direct assays for physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions of interest.