Journal of Clinical Medicine in Practice 2003;7(1):66-70

MICROARRAYS AND THEIR POTENTIAL IN MEDICINE

Ling ERICK 1 ; Xu JIE

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Keywords

microarray; medicine

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Advancement in microarray technology can revolutionize many aspects of medicine. Microarrays have applications in gene expression profiling, genotyping, mutation analysis, gene identification, and pharmacology. This paper provides a brief review on the use of microarrays in studies of cancer, infectious diseases, chromosome disorders, neurological/mental disorders, and drugs, along with a prospect on its great potential in diagnosis, prognosis and the treatment of human diseases.