Biosensors: Enhancing the Natural Ability to Sense and Their Dependence on Bioinformatics

Single cells, as part of their evolution, acquired the ability to sense their internal and external environment, move to or away from a particular environment, the latter depending on the appropriate integration of the sensory input with motor ability. Clearly, the ability to sense stimuli must be a rapid process and one that has been selected upon for survival over long periods of time in concert with environmental challenges. Interestingly, various differing sensory inputs have their own receptors to respond to a specific stimulus.