Abstract
Molecular biology definition, its ins and out
- Biological compound comparative size scale
- Description of biological compound functions and interactions
- Transcriptomics, Proteomics, Glycomics, Metabolomics description
Presentation of the gold standard techniques used today in Life Sciences
- Cultures
- Sample preparation
- PCR amplification
- Nucleic acids separation and detection
- Proteins separation and detection
- Immunoassays
- HPLC columns
- Mass spectrometry
What is the Life Sciences field?
- Description of the different industrial domains
- Market size
- Main players of the field
Why semiconductor devices and MEMS could be useful for Life Sciences
applications
- Applications
- Functions
- Technologies
- Products proposed and development on going with related players
- Market size potential 2005 -- 2010
Detailed analysis of each application
- Biochips
- Microfluidics
- Proteomics
- Lab On Chip (LOC)
- Drug delivery systems
Value chain analysis for biochips, microfluidics and LOC devices
- Assessment of the positioning of IC devices
- What will change and what will never change
Examples of companies' success and failure
- Affymetrix
- Agilent
- Infineon
- microParts
The companies under analysis in this report are the following: Affymetrix,
Agilent, Aventis, bioM廨ieux, Debiotech, Infineon, microParts, Motorola,
Novartis, Philips, Psivida, STMicroelectronics...Motorola ...
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