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Volume 7, Issue 5 (Suppl)

J Biotechnol Biomater

ISSN: 2155-952X JBTBM, an open access journal

Biotechnology 2017

November 13-14, 2017

November 13-14, 2017 Osaka, Japan

World Congress on

Biotechnology

J Biotechnol Biomater 2017, 7:5 (Suppl)

DOI: 10.4172/2155-952X-C1-083

Role of biotechnology in cancer diagnosis and control

Elham Pahlevani

Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Iran

espite the huge advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment, it is still the second leading cause of death in the world.

Recent advances in medical biotechnology have increased researcher’s knowledge of molecular events of Cancer and have

created new hopes in early diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Changes in the genome and proteome of the cells disturb the

normal cellular control mechanisms. Using biotechnology methods these molecular errors can be determined and appropriate

treatments can be selected. In this paper, the biotechnology techniques are explained and the advantages of each of them in

the diagnosis and treatment of cancer are discussed. These techniques include gene mapping,

in situ

hybridization (ISH),

microarray analysis and cell culture. ISH is a method for detecting RNA and DNA inside tissues and cells using labeled probes.

This method is useful in identifying genes related to the incidence and progress of cancer. Microarray technology provides

the possibility of examining the tumor behavior in the living tissue and drug resistance of the patient. Cell culture is used to

investigate the effects of genes involved in the incidence of cancer on cultured cells. Gene mapping is a method for determining

the location of genetic markers on the related genome. This method is also used in early diagnosis of cancer and identifying

high risk cancer patients. Having knowledge about molecular events of cancer can be very helpful in choosing an effective

treatment and its results can be more effective and accurate than conventional methods of cancer detection and treatment.