Editing Biochip (section)

{{Short description|Substrates performing biochemical reactions}}
[[Image:Biochip.jpg|thumb|Hundreds of gel drops are visible on the biochip.]]

In [[molecular biology]], '''biochips''' are engineered substrates ("miniaturized laboratories") that can host large numbers of simultaneous biochemical reactions. One of the goals of biochip technology is to efficiently screen large numbers of biological analytes, with potential applications ranging from disease diagnosis to detection of [[bioterrorism]] agents. For example, '''digital microfluidic biochips''' are under investigation for applications in biomedical fields. In a digital microfluidic biochip, a group of (adjacent) cells in the microfluidic array can be configured to work as storage, functional operations, as well as for transporting fluid droplets dynamically.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://people.ee.duke.edu/~krish/a16-su.pdf|title=High-Level Synthesis of Digital Microfluidic Biochips|publisher=Duke University}}</ref>