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Understanding Cancer Series: Molecular Diagnostics
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    Posted: 01/28/2005    Reviewed: 09/01/2006
Molecular Diagnostics

      Slide Number and Title
  1. Normal Cell Communication 1
  2. Cancer: A Communication Failure 2
  3. Detecting the Troublemakers 3
  4. Molecular Diagnostics 4
  5. Gene Expression Patterns 5
  6. Pause For a Science Lesson 6
  7. Lesson 1: Genomic DNA and Genes 7
  8. Lesson 2: Genes Express mRNA 8
  9. Lesson 3: Expression Changes With Cell Type 9
  10. Finding Genes With Microarrays 10
  11. Finding Genes With Microarrays (cont.) 11
  12. Using DNA Microarrays to Measure Gene Expression 12
  13. Using DNA to Compare Cancer Cells to Normal Cells 13
  14. Making Sense of the Data 14
  15. Microarrays Come In Many Models 15
  16. Cancer-Specific Gene Expression 16
  17. Potential Markers for Metastasis 17
  18. Subtyping Cancer 18
  19. Lymphomas and Microarray Research 19
  20. Microarray Predicts Survival 20
  21. Finding New Drugs With Microarrays 21
     
  1. HER-2/NEU Protein as Target 22
  2. An Antibody Called Herceptin 23
  3. Using Expression Patterns to Choose Treatments 24
  4. SNPs Microarrays Check Drug Metabolism 25
  5. Molecular Diagnostics and Proteomics 26
  6. Proteomics Maps Protein Patterns 27
  7. Proteomics Maps Protein Patterns (cont.) 28
  8. Laser Capture Microdissection 29
  9. Finding Subsets 30
  10. Protein Patterns and Diagnosis 31
  11. Importance of Diagnostic Test Sensitivity 32
  12. Importance of Diagnostic Test Sensitivity (cont.) 33
  13. Importance of Diagnostic Test Specificity 34
  14. Importance of Diagnostic Test Specificity (cont.) 35
  15. From Patterns to Screening Tool 36
  16. From Known Samples to Serum Proteins 37
  17. Molecular Mop 38
  18. Serum Proteins Can Serve as Markers 39
  19. Molecular Diagnostics Has Many Uses 40
  20. In the Future 41
  21. Clinical Trials: Making the Future the Present 42


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