CDS5020

Molecular Diagnostics

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental principles of clinical molecular diagnostics and explores the use of molecular techniques in the diagnosis of disease. Topics to be covered include nucleic acid structure and function, genetics, DNA chemistry, introduction to nucleic acid isolation, identification and amplification techniques used in infectious disease diagnosis in the clinical laboratory, components of a molecular laboratory, evaluation of controls to validate results obtained, and correlation with clinical conditions.   This course is cross-listed with an undergraduate. Credit cannot be received for both CDS 4020 and CDS 5020.

School of Health Sciences