4. Applications

As we have seen, biosensors are used in many fields:

• medical diagnosis ;

• food quality control ;

• the food industry;

• GMO detection;

• water control and wastewater treatment plants ;

• pesticide detection ;

• explosives detection.

Applications in the field of medical diagnostics continue to dominate (glucose sensors account for 90% of sales).

Despite an impressive number of publications on biosensors (see review articles