Molecular pathology
Published on Dec 11, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
What is molecular pathology?
- Study of disease through examination of tissue, cells, and body fluids
- Used to help physicians and doctors make appropriate diagnoses
- Usually works with DNA, RNA, and protein
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What does a molecular pathologist do?
- Examines biopsies or organs under a microscope
- Helps doctors diagnose the disease or mutation
- Tests and works with diseases
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Types of Molecular pathologies
- Oncology - Cancer diagnosis and treatment
- Infectious disease - Diagnostics to identify infectious diseases
- Genetics - Study of genetic disease through family trees
- HLA - Makig sure the body doesn't attack an organ after a transplant
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IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN A PATHOLOGY LAB
- Pathologist - M.D
- Technical and Scientific directors - Ph.D
- Manager - M.B.A
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Areas of Work for pathologists
- Bio-tech laboratories
- Reference laboratories
- Pharmaceutical companies
- Government agencies
- FDA/State Health Departments
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Study Process
- Initial Interest - I wanted to know how diseases were eradicated
- Was supposed to be just pathology itself, but changed to lab
- Direction - Pathology to Pathologists to labaratories
- Changes - I would look at interesting cases
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