Multiplexing technique microarrays

There are many chemical contaminants that may be present in a vast array of different foodstuffs. This highlights the need for an extremely flexible, sensitive, and rapid analytical methodology capable of detection of multianalyte in various food samples. Such systems should be capable of detecting the residues of the parent compound and its metabolites in various sample matrices. This may be facilitated in the future by multiplex antibody microarrays, possibly integrated with label-free methods. Flowever, within the European Union (EU) there is no obligation to use standardized methods in residue control studies on food-producing animals. Techniques are required to satisfy new performance characteristics, limits, and other criteria, opening the door for modern analytical approaches such as antibody microarrays [42]. 

Chan, A., Coupling different molecular techniques onto a porous microarray for diagnostic applications Detection of deletions and duplications in Duch-enne muscular dystrophy (DMD) using multiplexed amplifiable probe hybridization (MAPH) on PamChip , First International Conference on Microarrays for Diagnostics, San Diego, CA, March 21-22, 2002. 

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