Author : Wolf-Karsten Hofmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006-06-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781139456913
Gene Expression Profiling by Microarrays by Wolf-Karsten Hofmann Pdf
Microarray analysis is a highly efficient tool for assessing the expression of a large number of genes simultaneously, and offers a new means to classify cancer and other diseases. Gene expression profiling can also be used to predict clinical outcome and response to specific therapeutic agents. This survey spans recent applications of microarrays in clinical medicine, covering malignant disease including acute leukaemias, lymphoid malignancies and breast cancer, together with diabetes and heart disease. Investigators in oncology, pharmacology and related clinical sciences, as well as basic scientists, will value this review of a promising new diagnostic and prognostic technology.