RNA and DNA Diagnostics

ISBN 10: 3319173049 / ISBN 13: 9783319173047

Published by Springer, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: RNA and DNA Diagnostics
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319173049
• ISBN 13: 9783319173047
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

The aim of molecular diagnostics is preferentially to detect a developing disease before any symptoms appear. There has been a significant increase, fueled by technologies from the human genome project, in the availability of nucleic acid sequence information for all living organisms including bacteria and viruses. When combined with a different type of instrumentation applied, the resulting diagnostics is specific and sensitive. Nucleic acid-based medical diagnosis detects specific DNAs or RNAs from the infecting organism or virus and a specific gene or the expression of a gene associated with a disease. Nucleic acid approaches also stimulate a basic science by opening lines of inquiry that will lead to greater understanding of the molecules at the center of life. One can follow Richard Feynman’s famous statement “What I cannot create, I do not understand.”