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Polymerase chain reaction and molecular diagnostics.

Author(s) -

Victoria Eugenia Villegas,

Magda Carolina Sánchez,

Lilián Chuaire

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

colombia medica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455

H-Index - 18

eISSN - 1657-9534

pISSN - 0120-8322

DOI - 10.25100/cm.v40i3.663

Subject(s) - polymerase chain reaction , molecular diagnostics , acronym , computational biology , medicine , computer science , medical physics , biology , bioinformatics , genetics , gene , philosophy , linguistics

PCR, acronym of polymerase chain reaction, has revolutionized the field of molecular diagnostics to the point that it currently represents the fastest-growing segment in clinical laboratories worldwide, where it has become an invaluable tool. This paper describes the fundamentals of PCR and its developments in some of its many applications in the diagnosis, from its beginnings to the present.

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