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RNA and DNA Diagnostics

By Volker A. Erdmann , Jan Barciszewski (eds.) , Stefan Jurga

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2015
ISBN
978-3-319-17304-7, 978-3-319-17305-4
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-17305-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10423057 bytes)
Series
RNA Technologies
Edition
1
Pages
349\353
Topic
Biology Molecular
Time added
2015-07-18 18:00:00
Human Genetics; Nucleic Acid Chemistry; Molecular

Description

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.”

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