Among the many biological entities employed in the development of biosensors, enzymes
have attracted the most attention. Nanotechnology has been fostering excellent prospects in …

Science is a complex epistemic and social practice that is organized in a large number of
disciplines, employs a dazzling variety of methods, relies on heterogeneous conceptual and …

The orchid genus Ophrys is a textbook example of a taxonomic controversy, with the number
of species recognised in different classifications varying from around 10 to over 350, causing …

There are notoriously many different definitions of species and methods of species
delimitation, forcing taxonomists to make a long range of methodological decisions in …

The value-free ideal in science has been criticised as both unattainable and undesirable.
We argue that it can be defended as a practical principle guiding scientific research even if …

Griffiths (1997, 2003, 2004) defines natural kinds as categories that allow reliable
extrapolation from known to unknown instances. Such kinds have greater epistemic value as …

Abstract 'Obesity'has, for decades, been a subject of intense scientific and public interest,
and remains a key target for postgenomic science. I examine the emergence of determinism …

El lactato es un biomarcador importante en la industria, salud y deporte, pero su
cuantificación presenta desafíos debido a métodos tradicionales costosos y laboriosos. Esta …

For the past several years, enzyme embedded low-cost paper based biosensing devices
have gained a lot of interest and have been developed on a large scale. These devices …

En ocasiones las enzimas obtenidas directamente de los organismos que las producen no
cuentan con las características óptimas para usos en biodetección, por lo que la …