Circulating Nucleic Acids in Plasma and Serum IV, Volume 1075

by Peter Gahan

An accurate, inexpensive, and noninvasive method for the early diagnosis of cancer has been something of a holy grail among cancer researchers, but until recently a method meeting all three criteria has been elusive. Nucleic acids were first discovered in circulation in 1948, but it was not until the 1960s and 70s that patients with autoimmune disease and cancer were discovered to have higher levels of circulating DNA than were detected in in healthy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157331627X
• ISBN13: 9781573316279
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"