MEGAN SWILLEY, MLS(ASCP) MB
CIRCULOGENE THERANOSTICS
Birmingham, Alabama
Primary Audience: Phlebotomists, Laboratory Technologists, Laboratory Directors
Secondary Audience: Pathologists, Clinical Scientists (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants, Residents, and Students
Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:
· identify some specific ways that digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) is currently being applied to liquid biopsies in clinical testing;
· describe tumor heterogeneity and how it relates to liquid biopsies;
· compare the methods used to partition samples in dPCR;
· analyze and interpret a dPCR scatterplot; and
· assess the best applications of next-generation sequencing vs PCR in liquid biopsy analysis.