Clinical Chemistry Podcast

Molecular Diagnosis of a Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Causing an Outbreak of Pneumonia [Chinese Translation] 31.01.2020 8:04 ↓

Chinese Translation of "Molecular Diagnosis of a Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Causing an Outbreak of Pneumonia" interview with Dr. Leo Poon.

Molecular Diagnosis of a Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Causing an Outbreak of Pneumonia 31.01.2020 7:42 ↓

In December 2019, a cluster of atypical pneumonia patients epidemiologically linked to a wholesale market in Wuhan, China was detected. A novel betacoronavirus named as 2019-novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been identified in some of these patients. Considerable attention has been given to this virus, that according to the World Health Organization as of this recording at the end of January 2020,...

Circulating Tumor DNA for Modern Cancer Management 03.01.2020 6:53 ↓

Molecular diagnostics is the topic of the January 2020 special issue of Clinical Chemistry .  In that issue, there is a counter point report on the use of circulating tumor cells in the management of cancer patients.  To provide further insight on this topic, we're joined in this podcast by one of the editors of this special issue, Professor Klaus Pantel, Chairman of the Institute of Tumor Biology...

Microbiome Diagnostics 03.01.2020 10:46 ↓

Breakthroughs in sequencing technology and computational biology have provided the basis for studies of the myriad ways in which microbial communities in and on the human body influence human health and disease. In almost every medical specialty, there is now growing interest in accurate and replicable profiling of the microbiome for use in diagnostic and therapeutic application.           In the...

Unconventional Diagnosis Based on Somatic Findings through Germ Line Whole-Exome Sequencing 03.01.2020 10:49 ↓

Molecular diagnostics is now firmly entrenched in laboratory medicine and the January 2020 issue of Clinical Chemistry is devoted to this topic.  In that issue is a case report that presents an unconventional diagnosis based somatic findings through germline whole-exome sequencing.  Joining us in this podcast is the lead author of that case report, Dr. Jaime Lopes, who is currently a fellow at the...

Predictive and Precision Medicine with Genomic Data 03.01.2020 20:12 ↓

Molecular diagnostics is now firmly rooted in laboratory medicine and the January 2020 issue of Clinical Chemistry is devoted to this topic.  In that issue, Dr. Linnea Baudhuin reviews genome and exome sequencing as they're used in clinical practice.

Molecular Diagnostics: Going from Strength to Strength 03.01.2020 13:22 ↓

Molecular Diagnostics is clearly going from strength to strength.  That's the title of the lead article by the guest editors in the January 2020 issue of Clinical Chemistry that is devoted to this topic.  It has been five years since the last molecular diagnostics theme issue was published in Clinical Chemistry .  In this new edition of the theme issue, the editors have highlighted some of the mos...