New Insights into Molecular Diagnostic Technologies
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 158
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The use of molecular techniques for disease diagnosis and management is gaining importance in laboratory medicine. Rapidly emerging novel pathogens and complex diseases pose challenges and difficulties in making accurate diagnoses in a timely manner. In recent years, a significant number of tremendous advancements have been seen in the field of molecular diagnostics. The rapid developments of new diagnostic technologies are opening up new opportunities that enable personalized treatment to tailor medical treatments to the individual characteristics of each patient, disease monitoring, and improve patient outcomes.
For example, the advent of sequencing technologies and the emergence of different sequencing platforms have facilitated the use of metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) technologies in the clinical diagnosis of infectious diseases via a comprehensive, high-throughput, and massively parallel detection of any pathogens in the specimen. Single-cell sequencing technologies allow characterization of individual cells at the genomic, transcriptomic, and epigenetic levels. It can identify different cell types within a complex tissue or organ in order to detect rare cells such as tumor cells. These new molecular diagnostic technologies have revolutionized the way we detect, manage, and treat diseases.
In this Special Issue, we are pleased to invite original research articles, reviews, and case reports on the applications of the latest molecular diagnostics. We believe these will have a considerable impact on the future development of accurate diagnostic technologies and precise management of diseases. We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Hin Fung Tsang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- molecular diagnostics
- advanced technologies
- disease diagnosis
- disease monitoring
- disease management
- personalized medicine
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