aptamers reviewed

My review of

Aptamers in bioanalysis
Marco Mascini, ed.
Wiley 2009

has appeared in the Sept. 14 issue of Chemistry & Industry.

I'm afraid it's premium content (online access for SCI members & subscribers), but here's a snippet for you:

"The chapters appear thorough as scholarly overviews of the relevant fields, with instructive diagrams and very comprehensive references. What the book doesn’t achieve, however, is to communicate the importance of and the sheer excitement surrounding a new, rapidly growing field that has enormous promise in applications from medical diagnosis through to environmental analytics and security. "