In cell amplification

Molecular morphology of Hodgkin lymphoma

No other disease entity has provided greater impetus for the development of the concept of "molecular morphology" than Hodgkin lymphoma. Efforts to understand the etiology of this enigmatic disease have stimulated the application and refinement of almost every mode of biomedical scientific exploration. Notwithstanding the vast amount of data generated, much is still unknown about this remarkable disease, serving as an ongoing inducement to the development and application of new technologies for the analysis of cells and molecules in a morphologic environment.

Demystified ... the polymerase chain reaction

Since its initial description over twenty years ago the PCR has become one of the most valuable and flexible tools available to biomedical research. Subsequently, refinements and modifications to the basic approach, many of which have been described in this review, have enabled the application of the PCR to many areas of diagnostic medicine and have ensured its rapid acceptance as a routine test in many pathology disciplines. The growing importance of molecular approaches to the diagnosis of disease, particularly in histopathology, will continue to secure an ever expanding role for the PCR in diagnostic pathology.