RNA and DNA Diagnostics

Volker A. Erdmann (Curatore)

Stefan Jurga (Curatore)

Springer International Publishing AG, 2015

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.”

• Curatore: Volker A. Erdmann, Stefan Jurga
• Editore: Springer International Publishing AG
• Collana: RNA Technologies
• Anno: 2015
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 349 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9783319173047

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