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Over the past 15 years, medical sciences and, in particular, clinical laboratory sciences have witnessed a revolution in molecular diagnostics. As of October, 1995, molecular diagnostics could be categorized into:
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Molecular genetics for inherited diseases;
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DNA diagnostics, nucleic acid-based diagnostic tests other than molecular genetics (forensics, paternity testing, infectious diseases, transplantation, and so forth); and
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Molecular pathology: tissue-based testing primarily involving oncology.
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Silverman, L.M. (1997). Prospects for the Future Role of the Clinical Laboratory. In: Coleman, W.B., Tsongalis, G.J. (eds) Molecular Diagnostics. Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2588-9_18
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