title: Current trends in molecular diagnostics.
abstract: Rapid progress in molecular diagnostics is expected to fundamentally change health care. This review of some of the latest innovations covers developments in polymerase chain reaction (PCR), several nonPCR methods, and biochips and nanotechnology, which have accelerated advances in the analysis of nucleic acids and proteins. The greatest impact is likely to be in the integration of diagnosis and therapy and the development of individualized treatment.
authors.affiliation: Jain PharmaBiotech, Blaesiring 7, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland. jain@pharmabiotech.ch
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Jain
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D036103:Nanotechnology; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D040901:Proteomics; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA