J Clin Pathol: Mol Pathol 2001; 54:55
© 2001 Journal of Clinical Pathology
Methods in Molecular Medicine. Molecular Pathology Protocols.
Killeen AA, ed. ($125.00.) The Humana Press, 2000. ISBN 0 896 03681.
J Crocker
When David Burnett and I founded Molecular Pathology six years ago, it was partly in the belief (which I am sure is correct) that pathologists, whether they work in haematology, oncological pathology, microbiology, or whatever, speak the same language in molecular terms. The publication of this book underlines that fact, and although my interest is, of course, largely in lymphoma pathology, there are many chapters in this publication that are of interest to me, not only on the technical side. For example, those with an interest in Epstein-Barr virus would also benefit from reading the sections on papilloma virus, human herpesvirus 8, cytomegalovirus, and, of course, the detection of translocations and so on in various leukaemias and lymphomas. However, interest does not stop at this level because surely to most of us telomerases and microsatellite instability are of fundamental interest. Also, for example, in our hospital we have studies under . . . [Full text of this article]
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