Overview
- Solves open problems in the analyses and structure of new modified bases of nucleic acids, which can be used as molecular probes in diagnosis of different diseases
- Equips readers to handle complex issues of relation of nucleic acids structure, function and properties with human health
- Covers many different applications of nucleic acids technologies in laboratory testing as well as clinical diagnosis of various diseases
Part of the book series: RNA Technologies (RNATECHN)
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About this book
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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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: RNA and DNA Diagnostics
Editors: Volker A. Erdmann, Stefan Jurga, Jan Barciszewski
Series Title: RNA Technologies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17305-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-17304-7Published: 29 June 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36199-4Published: 15 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-17305-4Published: 10 June 2015
Series ISSN: 2197-9731
Series E-ISSN: 2197-9758
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 349
Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations, 78 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Genetics, Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Molecular Medicine, Biotechnology