Experts present advances in chemical sensors such as CD's that diagnose diseases

More than 100 experts in chemical research are participating in the Workshop III on sensors and molecular recognition in the technical school Superior of engineering for the design of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV). Some news of this edition are the CD's that diagnose diseases and electronic languages analysing water. During the workshop are to learn about the latest discoveries in the development of material and chemical sensors applied in areas such as health, medicine, food and the environment. One of the main themes is the development of new devices for the release of drugs. "The molecular recognition, and especially the development of chemical sensors, is an area of multidisciplinary research in which there are outstanding apply advances in multiple areas, such as the industrial, medical, environmental or security, so it becomes a field of topical"say the organizers of the event. Throughout the Conference will be announced work carried out by the participating research centres, such as the development of in Vitro systems for the study of active drugs to bone level and articulate, the characterisation of the inserted eye for the prolonged release of drugs or models in live for the evaluation of anti-inflammatory drugs.

During the course of the event, the Institute of Molecular recognition and technological development of the UPV will present their work on the use of compact discs type applied to genomics and proteomics for the development of molecular recognition test CD, CD-R, and DVD. Responsible for the event, they claim that they can be used for clinical diagnostic assays in humans, water analysis for the detection of pesticides or food security. According to the researcher of the Institute for Molecular recognition and technological development of the UPV, Jesus Tamarit, currently working in the detection of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and avian influenza using CD or DVD.