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Volume:
Biochimica Clinica 2020; 44(2) 174-179
Published on-line:
May 18, 2020
DOI:
10.19186/BC_2020.043
Glossario di biologia molecolare e biologia molecolare clinica Parte III: diagnostica molecolare
Glossary of molecular biology and clinical molecular biology. Part III: molecular diagnostics
AUTHORS
1CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate scarl, Via G. Salvatore 486, Napoli
2Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
3Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Scienze Riproduttive e Odontostomatologiche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
4KronosDNA s.r.l., spin-off accademico dell’Università Federico II di Napoli
5San Raffaele Open University, Roma
ABSTRACT
Glossary of molecular biology and clinical molecular biology. Part III: molecular diagnostics.
This document is the third and last section of a glossary on molecular biology. In particular, the main categories of the currently available molecular diagnostic procedures, and the related terminology, will be described herein. Based on the availability of more and more sensitive and standardized technologies for the study of DNA/RNA alterations, molecular diagnostic tests are now widely diffused in clinical laboratories, and commonly offered to patients and their families.
Aiming to support less experienced readers, the terms related to the main molecular diagnostic procedures and tests are included in this third part of the glossary. For each term the corresponding English version is reported (see also the complete list, both in Italian and in English alphabetical order, reported in the Appendix). In addition, for some of the terms, a link to articles already published in Biochimica Clinica, where they have been used, is reported.