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Applications of recombinant DNA technology to diagnostics
Author(s) -
Goldfarb P.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of chemical technology and biotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1097-4660
pISSN - 0268-2575
DOI - 10.1002/jctb.280360902
Subject(s) - recombinant dna , infectious disease (medical specialty) , identification (biology) , workload , computational biology , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , biology , data science , microbiology and biotechnology , disease , medicine , genetics , gene , pathology , ecology , operating system
The use of recombinant DNA as a routine diagnostic tool is now a reality. Although gene probes have been available to academic researchers for a number of years, only recently has progress in recombinant DNA technology made it possible to extend their use to the screening of large numbers of samples, and make such analytical procedures part of the normal workload of hospital, analytical and commercial laboratories. It is now possible to detect genetic diseases in patients or at risk populations, and to diagnose infectious disease or identify infectious agents present as environmental contaminants. The technology can also be extended to the unambiguous identification of individuals for forensic, paternity or immigration purposes. The application of recombinant DNA technology is therefore of interest to scientists from a wide variety of disciplines.