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During recent years, molecular genetics have become integrated with all aspects of medicine, and advances in this area may modify clinical daily practice deeply as the basic biological mechanisms of illness are understood. The new concepts have been emerging from the knowledge obtained from the study of the human genome, and thanks to advances in computer technology and molecular engineering and new kind of probes developed.
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Domíguez-Cherit, G., Gutiérez, J., Rivero, E. (2005). Molecular Biology in Critical Care: Is It More Than a Look Only?. In: Gullo, A., Lumb, P.D. (eds) Intensive and Critical Care Medicine. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/88-470-0350-4_6
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