title: PCR (polymerase chain reaction) and the future of molecular testing.
abstract: Molecular testing is no longer exotic, distant, or complex. It's moving into your lab and revolutionizing the rapid diagnosis of pathogenic organisms as well as your role as a laboratorian.
authors.affiliation: Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: De Cresce
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lifshitz
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000639:trends*; D015336:Molecular Probe Techniques / Q000639:trends*; D009696:Nucleic Acids; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States