Future Veterinary Diagnostics

Veterinary Compounding – Formulating the Future

The Future of DNA Diagnostics

The cloning of BRCA1 [1] marked the beginning of the era of DNA diagnostics for common disease genes. Previously, genes had been cloned for rare genetic diseases, but not for genes which predispose to common diseases. The cloning of BRCA1 created a global awareness of the potential for DNA diagnostics to alter standard medical practice in appropriate situations. A number of societal reactions s...

The Future of DNA Diagnostics

Over the next several years, DNA diagnostics will become more prominent in the management of patient care, and, more importantly, in the practice of predictive and preventive medicine. Four topics will be discussed: (1) What has been learned thus far from experience in DNA diagnostics? (2) What are the forces that will change DNA diagnostics in the future? (3) What kinds of genes will be import...

High-throughput sequencing in veterinary infection biology and diagnostics.

Sequencing methods have improved rapidly since the first versions of the Sanger techniques, facilitating the development of very powerful tools for detecting and identifying various pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and other microbes. The ongoing development of high-throughput sequencing (HTS; also known as next-generation sequencing) technologies has resulted in a dramatic reduction in DNA...

Point of care diagnostics: status and future.

Introduction A Why POC Diagnostics? B Time B Patient Responsibility and Compliance B Cost B Diagnostic Targets C Proteins C Metabolites and Other Small Molecules C Nucleic Acids C Human Cells D Microbes/Pathogens D Drugs and Food Safety D Current Context of POC Assays E POC Glucose Assays E Lateral Flow Assays E Limitations of “Traditional” POC Approaches F Enabling Technologies G Printing and ...