%0 Journal Article %A A.C. Duarte and C.I.L. Justino and K. Duarte and A.C. Freitas and R. Pereira and P. Chaves and P. Bettencourt and S. Cardoso and T.A.P. Rocha-Santos %D 2013 %J International Journal of Health and Medical Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 73, 2013 %T Overview of CARDIOSENSOR Project on the Development of a Nanosensor for Assessing the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/5490 %V 73 %X This paper aims at overviewing the topics of a research project (CARDIOSENSOR) on the field of health sciences (biomaterials and biomedical engineering). The project has focused on the development of a nanosensor for the assessment of the risk of cardiovascular diseases by the monitoring of C-reactive protein (CRP), which has been currently considered as the best validated inflammatory biomarker associated to cardiovascular diseases. The project involves tasks such as: 1) the development of sensor devices based on field effect transistors (FET): assembly, optimization and validation; 2) application of sensors to the detection of CRP in standard solutions and comparison with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); and 3) application of sensors to real samples such as blood and saliva and evaluation of their ability to predict the risk of cardiovascular disease. %P 70 - 74