Molecular Profiling by Espina, Virginia; Liotta, Lance A.;

Long description:

The next revolution in molecular medicine is the application of molecular profiling to individualized patient therapy. Molecular profiling technology has advanced dramatically, particularly in the field of cancer tissue biomarkers. It is now possible to gather complex genomic and proteomic information from a routine clinical needle biopsy or surgical specimen. In Molecular Profiling : Methods and Protocols, expert researchers in the field focus on the entire process from discovery to commercialization, with practical guides that are not limited to experimental methods. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular BiologyTM series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, as well as essays and guidelines for grants, patents, and commercialization of products related to molecular profiling.

Authoritative and practical, Molecular Profiling: Methods and Protocols seeks to aid scientists in understanding the latest advancements in genomics, proteomics, imagining, and bioinformatics.

Table of Contents:

Tumor Staging and Grading: A Primer.-Clinical Trial Design in the Age of Molecular Profiling.-Personalized Medicine: Ethics for Clinical Trials.-Reduction of Preanalytical Variability in Specimen Procurement for Molecular Profiling.-The Human Side of Cancer Biobanking.-Introduction to Genomics.-Genomic Profiling: cDNA arrays and oligoarrays.-Genome wide methylation profiling in archival formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue samples.-An Overview of microRNA Methods: Expression Profiling and Target Identification.-Antibody Validation by Western Blotting.-Laser Capture Microdissection: Arcturus^XT infra-red capture and UV cutting methods.-Antibody microarrays: Analysis of Cystic Fibrosis.-Tissue Microarrays As A Tool In The Discovery & Validation Of Predictive Biomarkers.-Reverse phase protein microarrays.-Serum Low Molecular Weight Protein Fractionation for Biomarker Discovery.-Mass spectrometry based biomarker discovery.-Mitochondrial Proteome: Toward The Detection and Profiling of Disease Associated Alterations.-Adult Neural Stem Cells: Isolation and Propagation.-Evanescent Wave Imaging: An Introduction to Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy (TIRF).-Construction and Hyperspectral Imaging of Quantum Dot Lysate Arrays.-Microarray Data Analysis: Comparing Two Population Means.-Bioinformatics/Biostatistics: microarray analysis.-Structure-based functional design of drugs: from target to lead compound.-Personalized Medicine: Changing the Paradigm of Drug Development.-Grant Writing Tips for the First Time Applicant.-Inventions and Patents: A practical tutorial.-Regulatory Approval Pathways for Molecular Diagnostic Technology.-Small business development for molecular diagnostics.