“…Particle-based biosensors are emerging as a feasible alternative to current two-dimensional molecular diagnostics Trau, 2007, 2009;Marcon et al , 2008Marcon et al , , 2009Marcon et al , , 2010Chen et al , 2009;Surawski et al , 2008Surawski et al , , 2009Corrie et al , 2008aCorrie et al , , 2009Johnston et al , 2006Johnston et al , , 2008Vignali, 2000;Bogue, 2005;Kellar and Iannone, 2002;Morgan et al , 2004;Nolan and Mandy, 2006;Nolan and Sklar, 2002). Sample preparation and assay chemistries used by particle-based assays have been adapted from those used for two-dimensional microarray technologies (Nolan and Mandy, 2006;Nolan and Sklar, 2002).…”