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Diagnostic tools for 21st Century – what tools to use?
What tools do we have? The molecular diagnostic tools underwent a major revolution in the last two decades. That said some of the old favorites did not go completely away, we still use some of them; RFLPs, Southern blots or SSCPs just to mention a few. Why some of the methods do not go away completely…
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Finding mutations in human genes – why and how?
Why do we need to find mutations in human genes? A question that is not hard to answer. For a long time mutations have been associated with genetic diseases. Knowing what change in the genome underlies a disease can help us treat the disease if possible, it also allows us to screen other family or…
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Giant leap of genetics into the modern era.
Many years ago I was walking between the shelves in the library trying to pick a book to read and found this book called “The Double Helix”. At that time I had no idea what that can be about or who is James Watson. This book was fabulous story about the process of scientific discovery,…
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Making sense of your genome
