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1. Molecular Diagnostics: Emergence
The information revolution in molecular biology is permeating every aspect of medical practice
The rate of disease gene discovery is increasing exponentially, which facilitates the understanding diseases at molecular level
➢ In principle, their findings have set the foundations of molecular diagnostics.
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Sickle Cell Anemia
Figure A. Normal red blood cells flowing freely in a blood vessel. The inset image shows a crosssection of a normal red blood cell with normal hemoglobin.
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1. Molecular Diagnostics: Goal
To introduce essential concepts in molecular diagnostics that impact on the identification of novel markers of human diseases
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2. History of Molecular Diagnostics
The Molecular Biology Timeline
