RNA and DNA Diagnostics
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.”
| ISBN: | 9783319361994 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 349 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Herausgeber: | Barciszewski, Jan Erdmann, Volker A. Jurga, Stefan |
| Verlag: | Springer International Publishing |
| Veröffentlicht: | 15.10.2016 |
| Schlagworte: | DNA and RNA targeted analyses aptamers gene regulation nucleic acid-based diagnostics nucleic acids technologies |