Biobarcodes: Antibodies and nanosensors

Overview
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Overview

Description:

This cart demo is about Biobarcodes, a nanomedical technology that allows for massively parallel testing for disease diagnosis. Visitors learn about antibodies, how each antibody binds to a unique protein, and how biobarcoding uses nanoparticles, antibodies, DNA and magnetism to detect diseases earlier than we could detect before. Visitors assemble a jigsaw puzzle that models how Biobarcodes™ work.

Objectives

Big Idea:

Medical labs use nanoparticles to identify microbes quickly and accurately.

Learning goals:

be able to say that antibodies help us stay healthy, and that scientists use antibodies to detect viruses.
learn that nanoparticles let us detect things more quickly than before, and at much lower levels than before.

NISE Net Content Map:

Scientists and engineers have formed the interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology by investigating properties and manipulating matter at the nanoscale.

Nanoscience, nanotechnology, and nanoengineering lead to new knowledge and innovations that weren't possible before.

Universal design:

Provide physical and sensory access to all aspects of the program. Visitors can touch, see and hear different elements of the program.

Credits

Developed for the NISE Network with funding from the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers 0532536 and 0940143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this product are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.

Checklist

Scientist reviewed? check_reviewed

Peer reviewed? check_reviewed

Visitor evaluation? check_reviewed

Nano Topics

Bio and medicine

Audience

7 and up

Permissions

Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Standards

Life science:

9-12: The cell

Physical science:

K-4: Properties of objects and materials

5-8: Properties and changes of properties in matter

9-12: Structure and properties of matter

Science and Technology:

K-4: Understanding about science and technology

5-8: Understanding about science and technology

9-12: Understanding about science and technology

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives:

K-4: Personal health

5-8: Personal health

9-12: Personal and community health

Resources

Download all files (ZIP)

Files:

Biobarcodes - Lesson Plan

Links:

Biobarcodes Training Video

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Comments

Manufacturer web link

Submitted by Anders Liljeholm on Mon, 05/30/2011 - 12:00.

The people who use this technology keep changing their website. Here's where they describe this technology now:

http://www.nanosphere.us/HighsensitivityProteinDiagnostics_4402.aspx

They promote it for Protein Diagnostics, not necessarily disease detection.