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What Molecular Diagnostics Detects

This Medical Laboratory Science lesson in Molecular Diagnostics supports laboratory science learning and laboratory interpretation for medical laboratory students and professionals.

Describe what clinical molecular assays actually look for, nucleic acid targets linked to infection, inherited or acquired genetic markers, or therapy-relevant markers.

Foundational8 min read15 sectionsMolecular Diagnostics
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Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

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Each objective is a clinical-laboratory skill, not a molecular biology research goal.

  • List the main categories of targets clinical molecular assays detect
  • Explain the difference between detecting an organism's nucleic acid and detecting a human genetic marker
  • Describe why a molecular assay only reports on the specific target(s) it was designed to detect

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