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59: Hide & Seq: An ID Fellow Primer on Molecular Diagnostics

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Is 18s or Sometimes I Hear About 28s?

It's actually a technique that's used to define the microbiome in microbiome research, but it can be used clinically on samples that don't typically have a normal microbiome. This gene is specific for bacteria, so it doesn't pick up other organism types like fungi or parasites or viruses. And speaking about fungi, is 18s or sometimes I hear about 28s? Is that the same kind of thinking or the same approach to doing broad range fungal testing? Absolutely.

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