Nucleic Acids As Molecular Diagnostics

By integrating technology, supporting infrastructure and efficient application, this all-in-one guide presents molecular diagnostics as an essential component of modern, personalized clinical practice. It considers all important aspects, from the hardware and software needed, to recent improvements in blood- and non-blood-based biomarker tests. Chapters on ethical challenges and a look at current trends and the latest innovations are also included.
Bridging the gap between industry and academia, this is a highly useful resource for practitioners as well as for developers of modern, DNA- and RNA-based molecular diagnostics.

Andreas Keller studied Computational Biology at Saarland University in Saarbrucken (Germany), completing his Ph.D. in 2009. He joined Febit Biomed GmbH in 2008 where he directed the biomarker discovery effort. In 2011, he joined the healthcare division of Siemens AG in Erlangen as senior manager. Dr. Keller has published more than 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts and holds more than 30 patents in the area of biomarker discovery and molecular diagnostics.

Eckart Meese is Professor of Human Genetics and Molecular Biology at Saarland University Medical School in Homburg (Germany), where he directs the Institute of Human Genetics. He obtained his Ph.D. in biology in 1987 and did postdoc work at the Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson (USA). He then joined the University of Michigan Medical Center as Assistant Professor, before joining Saarland University in 1992. His scientific focus is on miRNA and autoantibody profiling for the diagnosis of cancer and other diseases.