“…Aptamers are prepared through a selection and amplification process known as SELEX (i.e., the 'systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment'), which can be used to generate specific binding agents with relatively high affinities for a particular target [17,18]. These agents have been used to bind targets that have included drugs, peptides, proteins and cells [17][18][19][20]. It is possible to easily modify the structure of an aptamer to include a label or to immobilize the aptamer to a support [18,19].…”