PCR Test Facts... *** PH ***

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PH~

I wanna know more about this test, I was lookin it up and found this:

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/labs/pcr/

PH, is the above the PCR that you are talking about ? ?

actually, it is a virtual lab and explains how it works, but

it is not the info I want......

From what I found, they test pcr on individual things......

and I didnt understand it at all......HELP.....LOL

Love ya PH

Dede

Re: PCR Test Facts

Do some insurance companies cover the PCR testing?

If I was a cash patient and contact Dr. Kole, about what price do you guess the PCR would be?

Thank you.

M.

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>

> Hi All:

>

> Below is from wikipedia which explains the role of the PCR test in the

> diagnosis of diseases:

>

> PCR permits early diagnosis of malignant

> <http://health./wiki/Malignant> diseases such as

> leukemia <http://health./wiki/Leukemia> and lymphomas

> <http://health./wiki/Lymphoma> , which is currently the

> highest developed in cancer research and is already being used

> routinely. PCR assays can be performed directly on genomic DNA samples

> to detect translocation-specific malignant cells at a sensitivity which

> is at least 10,000 fold higher than other methods.

>

> PCR also permits identification of non-cultivatable or slow-growing

> microorganisms such as mycobacteria

> <http://health./wiki/Mycobacterium> , anaerobic bacteria

> <http://health./wiki/Anaerobic_organism> , or viruses

> <http://health./wiki/Virus> from tissue culture

> <http://health./wiki/Tissue_culture> assays. The basis

> for PCR diagnostic applications in microbiology is the detection of

> infectious agents and the discrimination of non-pathogenic from

> pathogenic strains by virtue of specific genes.

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> Viral DNA can likewise be detected by PCR. The high sensitivity of PCR

> permits virus detection soon after infection and even before the onset

> of disease. Such early detection may give physicians a significant lead

> in treatment. The amount of virus ("viral load

> <http://health./wiki/Viral_load> ") in a patient can

> also be quantified by PCR-based DNA quantitation techniques.

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> ~PH

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