The introduction of syphilis point of care tests in resource limited settings.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rapidity, simplicity, and portability are highly desirable characteristics of tests and devices designed for performing diagnostics at the point of care (POC), either near patients managed in healthcare facilities or to offer bioanalytical alternatives in external settings. By reducing the turnaround time ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Bissonnette L,Bergeron MG

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite advances in surgery and chemotherapy for ovarian cancer, 70% of women still succumb to the disease. Biomarkers have contributed to the management of ovarian cancer by monitoring response to treatment, detecting recurrence, distinguishing benign from malignant pelvic masses and attempting to detect ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Yang WL,Lu Z,Bast RC Jr

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The huge parallel sequencing capabilities of next generation sequencing technologies have made them the tools of choice to characterize genomic aberrations for research and diagnostic purposes. For clinical applications, screening the whole genome or exome is challenging owing to the large genomic area to be sequenced...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Ballester LY,Luthra R,Kanagal-Shamanna R,Singh RR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumorigenesis is a multistep process resulting from DNA mutations observed at the DNA sequence and chromosome level as well as epigenetic changes, which affect expression of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Breast cancer is a very heterogeneous disease that manifests in various histological and clinical types. De...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Wiechec E

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Molecular diagnosis of fragile X syndrome demands assessment of fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) CGG repeat size and methylation status, while predicting disease transmission risk requires determination of AGG interruption pattern. There is currently no single assay that provides all three categories of inform...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Rajan-Babu IS,Teo CR,Lian M,Lee CG,Law HY,Chong SS

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A successful biodefense strategy relies upon any combination of four approaches. A nation can protect its troops and citizenry first by advanced mass vaccination, second, by responsive ring vaccination, and third, by post-exposure therapeutic treatment (including vaccine therapies). Finally, protection can be achieved...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Weinberg S

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-targeted identification of microbes is now possible directly in biological samples, based on whole-genome-NGS (WG-NGS) techniques that allow deep sequencing of nucleic acids, data mining and sorting out of sequences of pathogens without any a priori hypothesis. WG-NGS was first only used as a research tool due to ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Lecuit M,Eloit M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A concise survey of the emerging PD-loop technology is presented, which outlines several exemplary methods with robust DNA diagnostic potential: duplex DNA capture, topological DNA labeling, nondenaturing DNA sequencing and hybridization of molecular beacons to double-stranded DNA. Advantages of these new PNA-based as...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Demidov VV

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Advances in the biology of non-small-cell lung cancer, especially adenocarcinoma, reveal multiple molecular subtypes driving oncogenesis. Accordingly, individualized targeted therapeutics are based on mutational diagnostics. AREAS COVERED:Advances in strategies and techniques for individualized treatment,...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Salgia R

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) is the most deadly infectious disease in the world. TB control relies on passive case findings and targeted treatment of latently infected individuals at high risk of disease progression. Tuberculin skin testing (TST) is conventionally used for detection of TB infection. Recently, blood assays measur...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Bocchino M,Bellofiore B,Matarese A,Galati D,Sanduzzi A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing more precise diagnostics approaches to predict cancer progression and prognosis is the key to precision medicine. Overwhelming evidence now suggests that small non-coding RNAs such as miRNAs can be useful tools as biomarkers for molecular diagnostics. miRNAs can serve as biomarkers in a variety of diseases,...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Mishra PJ

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute pancreatitis has a mortality rate of 5-10%. Early deaths are mainly due to multiorgan failure and late deaths are due to septic complications from pancreatic necrosis. The recently described 2012 Revised Atlanta Classification and the Determinant Classification both provide a more accurate description of edemato...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Gomatos IP,Xiaodong X,Ghaneh P,Halloran C,Raraty M,Lane B,Sutton R,Neoptolemos JP

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The 2014-16 outbreak of ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa resulted in 11,308 deaths. During the outbreak only 60% of patients were laboratory confirmed and global health authorities have identified the need for accurate and readily deployable molecular diagnostics as an important component of the id...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Tembo J,Simulundu E,Changula K,Handley D,Gilbert M,Chilufya M,Asogun D,Ansumana R,Kapata N,Ntoumi F,Ippolito G,Zumla A,Bates M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal-encoded microparticles and nanoparticles have been used to label many reactions simultaneously for target identification in assays, and thus are an indispensable part of multiplex technologies. With the increasing demand for multiplexed molecular detection, encoded particles have evolved from pattern encoding t...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Li Y,Luo D

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Prostate cancer (PCa) is a common cancer in men, but variable clinical behaviors make its management challenging. Risk stratification is a key issue in disease management. Patient-tailored strategies are strongly advocated to reduce unnecessary treatment while maximizing the oncological outcomes of patient...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Colicchia M,Morlacco A,Cheville JC,Karnes RJ

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence in situ hybridization, spectral karyotyping, multiplex fluorescence in situ hybridization, comparative genomic hybridization, and more recently array comparative genomic hybridization, represent advancements in the field of molecular cytogenetics. The application of these techniques for the analysis of sp...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Dorritie K,Montagna C,Difilippantonio MJ,Ried T

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the field of oncology, clinical molecular diagnostics and biomarker discoveries are constantly advancing as the intricate molecular mechanisms that transform a normal cell into an aberrant state in concert with the dysregulation of alternative complementary pathways are increasingly understood. Progress in biomarke...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Ong FS,Das K,Wang J,Vakil H,Kuo JZ,Blackwell WL,Lim SW,Goodarzi MO,Bernstein KE,Rotter JI,Grody WW

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this manuscript was to explore the molecular basis and identify novel biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with chronic disorder of consciousness. METHODS:A coupled isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantitation-based approach was used to screen differentially expressed pro...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Bao W,He F,Gao J,Meng F,Zou H,Luo B

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Presage(®) ST2 Assay (Critical Diagnostics, CA, USA) is an in vitro diagnostic device that quantitatively measures soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2 (sST2) in serum and plasma by ELISA. This assay is US FDA approved and is indicated to be used in conjunction with clinical evaluation as an aid in assessing th...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Mueller T,Dieplinger B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in protein levels and the activation of signaling pathways have been extensively studied in tumor tissues, but the implementation of protein profiling methods in routine hospital workflows lags far behind that of nucleic acid-based approaches. In this review, major technologies that are currently used for ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Boellner S,Becker KF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There is growing interest in the possibility of measuring the macronutrient content of human milk. Several studies that intend to validate commercially available human milk analyzers have been published with inconsistent results. This review will focus on currently available, verified methodologies for ana...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Borràs-Novell C,Herranz Barbero A,Aldecoa-Bilbao V,Feixas Orellana G,Balcells Esponera C,Sánchez Ortiz E,García-Algar O,Iglesias Platas I

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase (Lp-PL)A2 is a recently described and potentially useful plasma biomarker associated with cardiovascular disease. The enzyme, originally named platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH), has two prominent biological activities. First, it inactivates the prominent proinflam...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Carlquist JF,Muhlestein JB,Anderson JL

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular investigation of lung cancer has opened up an advanced area for the diagnosis and therapeutic management of lung cancer patients. Gene alterations in cancer initiation and progression provide not only information on molecular changes in lung cancer but also opportunities in advanced therapeutic regime by...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Li CM,Chu WY,Wong DL,Tsang HF,Tsui NB,Chan CM,Xue VW,Siu PM,Yung BY,Chan LW,Wong SC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common opportunistic infection that contributes to poor outcomes in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients. Prevention of CMV end-organ disease in allogeneic HSCT recipients is commonly achieved by preemptive antiviral therapy of asymptomatic CMV reactivation that i...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Ramanan P,Razonable RR

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most common diseases also run in families as rare, monogenic forms. Diabetes is no exception. Mutations in approximately 20 different genes are now known to cause monogenic diabetes, a disease group that can be subclassified into maturity-onset diabetes of the young, neonatal diabetes and mitochondrial diabetes. In so...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Molven A,Njølstad PR

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among nucleic acid analytical methods, high-resolution melting analysis is gaining more and more attention. High-resolution melting provides simple, homogeneous solutions for variant scanning and genotyping, addressing the needs of today's overburdened laboratories with rapid turnaround times and minimal cost. The fle...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Montgomery JL,Sanford LN,Wittwer CT

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Miniature optical sensors that specifically identify low concentrations of environmental and biological substances are in high demand. Currently, there is no optical sensor that provides identification of the aforementioned species without amplification techniques at naturally occurring concentrations. Recently, it ha...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Haes AJ,Duyne RP

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease which primarily affects hyaline cartilage, leading to pain, stiffness and loss of mobility of the entire articulation. Diagnosis is commonly based on symptoms and radiographs, but there is a growing interest in detecting novel biomarkers, in serum, urine and ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Ravalli S,Szychlinska MA,Lauretta G,Di Rosa M,Musumeci G

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EU regulations stipulate the labeling of food products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) unless the GMO content is due to adventitious and unintended 'contamination' and not exceeding the 1% level at ingredient basis. In addition, member states have to ensure full traceability at all stages of the placi...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Aarts HJ,van Rie JP,Kok EJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an inherited metabolic disease with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. The disease is caused by a partial deficiency of porphobilinogen deaminase (PBGD) in heme biosynthesis. Since biochemical measurements of patients and their healthy relatives overlap, the diagnosis o...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Kauppinen R

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00