For molecular diagnostic tests Beckman Coulter has developed a nucleic-acid- sample detection instrument that separates fluorescent-dye-labeled DNA fragments for pattern recognition or further identification.

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In August it entered the hot area of molecular diagnostics, highly sensitive tests to detect infectious diseases and cancer.

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In August it moved into the hot area of molecular diagnostics, highly sensitive tests to detect infectious diseases and cancer.

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Molecular biology in action was evident during the use of qPCR tests for this microbe at a site in Southern California, where remediation professionals verified that MTBE degradation was taking place.

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At issue is the way that Medicare reimburses everyone from the big laboratory companies such as the Laboratory Corp of America (LH:NYSE) and Quest Diagnostics Inc. (DGX:NYSE), to the molecular diagnostic labs inside academic hospitals, and especially smaller firms that make proprietary tests used by doctors to more effectively target treatments to patients with conditions like cancer.

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