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MicroRNAs as Potential Biomarkers in Cancer and Heart Disease

by Chris on October 30, 2009

in Technical Article

Heart disease and cancer represent the number one and number two killer diseases in developed countries. Identifying biomarkers to detect these and other diseases at early stages remains an important research goal and researchers are scrambling for ways to identify contributing factors to the pathogenesis of diseased cells in the body.  In recent years, research has turned to the study of microRNA (miRNA) as possible biomarkers due to their extensive role in biological processes and cell functionality in normal vs. diseased cells.  Microarrays combined with quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) validation are proving to be valuable tools for miRNA expression profiling and are predicted to play a crucial role in biomarker discovery and detection.  [click to continue…]

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