Yet another advance in cytogenetic techniques involved the process known as flow cytometry, which was originally used to study distinct cell populations within a mixture of different cell types.

Cytogenetic technologists analyze chromosomes found in biological specimens such as amniotic fluids, bone marrow, and blood to aid in the study, diagnosis, or treatment of genetic diseases.

Since genes are packed into chromosomes, abnormal chromosomes can actually cause genetic diseases. What methods have scientists invented to study these abnormalities? Drets and Shaw then ...

Relevance section written by JCO Associate Editor Suzanne Lentzsch, MD, PhD. Molecular risk reporting by the International Myeloma Working Group consensus 1 has so far been limited to the high-risk ...

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Consistent diagnostic identification of high-risk disease is desirable to address unmet patient need. The aim was to investigate the consistency of association of co-occurrence of high-risk ...