Molecular Genetics
Disease diagnosis at the DNA and RNA level
Molecular Genetics covers studies concerned with characterizing biological processes that take place at the level of our hereditary material, Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) and Ribonucleic Acid (RNA). By revealing changes in the nucleotide sequence of DNA and RNA, these studies make it possible to diagnose many diseases.
With advancing technology, genes associated with genetic diseases can be analyzed individually or as multi-gene panels.