Journal
/
/
A Blood-based Test for the Detection of ROS1 and RET Fusion Transcripts from Circulating Ribonucleic Acid Using Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction
JoVE Journal
Medicine
This content is Free Access.
JoVE Journal Medicine
A Blood-based Test for the Detection of ROS1 and RET Fusion Transcripts from Circulating Ribonucleic Acid Using Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction
DOI:

10:35 min

April 05, 2018

, , ,

Chapters

  • 00:04Title
  • 01:13Reverse Transcription of RNA to cDNA
  • 02:23Digital PCR
  • 05:29Data Analysis and Review and Generation of Results
  • 07:27Results
  • 09:23Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

Detection of circulating ribonucleic acid (cRNA) from blood is an unmet need in clinical diagnostics. Here we describe methods that characterize cRNA from non-small cell lung cancer patients using sensitive and specific digital polymerase chain reaction. The tests meet design requirements to detect fusion variants within 72 hours.

Related Videos

Read Article