Health Professions of Technical Sciences (diagnostic)

Current Role of Pathological Anatomy Organization of a Diagnostic Biopsy Service: safety issues related to the transport of tissue samples and environmental risks. Fixation methods and related problems. Histopathological processing. Tissue banking. Staining and Microscopic Observations: Observations in transmitted light and fluorescence. Immunohistochemistry and cost containment. Gene analysis on tissue and new diagnostic techniques: interpretative and organizational challenges. Nucleic Acid Sequencing Methods: Identification of mutations and translocations in tissue through sequencing. Microarrays. Omics Techniques in Clinical Practice: Tissue-based omics methods.

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