In Memoriam:

Stephen N. Thibodeau

Karen Snow-Bailey, Ph.D., 1961–2006
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 133 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.070013 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Special Article:

Daynna J. Wolff, Adam Bagg, Linda D. Cooley, Gordon W. Dewald, Betsy A. Hirsch, Peter B. Jacky, Kathleen W. Rao, P. Nagesh Rao the Association for Molecular Pathology Clinical Practice Committee and the American College of Medical Genetics Laboratory Quality Assurance Committee

Guidance for Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization Testing in Hematologic Disorders
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 134-143 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060128 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Technical Advance:

Rachel Stevens, Imad Almanaseer, Miguel Gonzalez, Derin Caglar, Ryan A. Knudson, Rhett P. Ketterling, Daniel S. Schrock, Thomas A. Seemayer, and Julia A. Bridge

Analysis of HER2 Gene Amplification Using an Automated Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization Signal Enumeration System
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 144-150 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alberto Zamò, Anna Bertolaso, Ilaria Franceschetti, Gregor Weirich, Paola Capelli, Sara Pecori, Marco Chilosi, Heinz Hoefler, Fabio Menestrina, and Aldo Scarpa

Microfluidic Deletion/Insertion Analysis for Rapid Screening of KIT and PDGFRA Mutations in CD117-Positive Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Diagnostic Applications and Report of a New KIT Mutation
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 151-157 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060041 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph C. Liao, Mitra Mastali, Yang Li, Vincent Gau, Marc A. Suchard, Jane Babbitt, Jeffrey Gornbein, Elliot M. Landaw, Edward R.B. McCabe, Bernard M. Churchill, and David A. Haake

Development of an Advanced Electrochemical DNA Biosensor for Bacterial Pathogen Detection
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 158-168 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060052 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Regular Articles:

Jonathan A. Schumacher, David K. Crockett, Kojo S.J. Elenitoba-Johnson, and Megan S. Lim

Evaluation of Enrichment Techniques for Mass Spectrometry: Identification of Tyrosine Phosphoproteins in Cancer Cells
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 169-177 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060031 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molly Yancovitz, Joanne Yoon, Maryann Mikhail, Weiming Gai, Richard L. Shapiro, Russell S. Berman, Anna C. Pavlick, Paul B. Chapman, Iman Osman, and David Polsky

Detection of Mutant BRAF Alleles in the Plasma of Patients with Metastatic Melanoma
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 178-183 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060135 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rebecca L. Margraf, Rong Mao, W. Edward Highsmith, Leonard M. Holtegaard, and Carl T. Wittwer

RET Proto-Oncogene Genotyping Using Unlabeled Probes, the Masking Technique, and Amplicon High-Resolution Melting Analysis
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 184-196 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060091 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Material  

Sallyanne C. Fossey, Cindy L. Vnencak-Jones, Nancy J. Olsen, Subramaniam Sriram, Gladys Garrison, Xenquing Deng, Philip S. Crooke, III, and Thomas M. Aune

Identification of Molecular Biomarkers for Multiple Sclerosis
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 197-204 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060147 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ronald Huijsmans, Jan Damen, Hans van der Linden, and Mirjam Hermans

Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Profiling Assay to Confirm the Identity of Human Tissues
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 205-213 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060059 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enrico Saggiorato, Ida Rapa, Francesca Garino, Gianni Bussolati, Fabio Orlandi, Mauro Papotti, and Marco Volante

Absence of RET Gene Point Mutations in Sporadic Thyroid C-Cell Hyperplasia
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 214-219 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060166 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zsolt Jobbagy, Reuel van Atta, Kathleen M. Murphy, James R. Eshleman, and Christopher D. Gocke

Evaluation of the Cepheid GeneXpert BCR-ABL Assay
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 220-227 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060112 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iris Schrijver, Maigi Külm, Phyllis I. Gardner, Eugene P. Pergament, and Morris B. Fiddler

Comprehensive Arrayed Primer Extension Array for the Detection of 59 Sequence Variants in 15 Conditions Prevalent Among the (Ashkenazi) Jewish Population
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 228-236 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060100 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Irene Y. Cheung, Yi Feng, Andrew Vickers, William Gerald, and Nai-Kong V. Cheung

Cyclin D1, a Novel Molecular Marker of Minimal Residual Disease, in Metastatic Neuroblastoma
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 237-241 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060130 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emma Hammond, Kathryn Shaw, Benedict Carnley, Stephanie P’ng, Ian James, and Richard Herrmann

Quantitative Determination of JAK2 V617F by TaqMan: An Absolute Measure of Averaged Copies per Cell That May Be Associated with the Different Types of Myeloproliferative Disorders
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 242-248 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060125 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olga A. Gra, Julia V. Sidorova, Eugene A. Nikitin, Alexander Y. Turygin, Sergey A. Surzhikov, Anait L. Melikyan, Andrey B. Sudarikov, Alexander S. Zasedatelev, and Tatyana V. Nasedkina

Analysis of T-Cell Receptor- Gene Rearrangements Using Oligonucleotide Microchip: A Novel Approach for the Determination of T-Cell Clonality
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 249-257 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060087 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Friederike Gedge, Jamie McDonald, Amit Phansalkar, Lan-Szu Chou, Fernanda Calderon, Rong Mao, Elaine Lyon, and Pinar Bayrak-Toydemir

Clinical and Analytical Sensitivities in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Testing and a Report of de Novo Mutations
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 258-265 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060117 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Material  

Christopher M. Heaphy, William C. Hines, Kimberly S. Butler, Christina M. Haaland, Glenroy Heywood, Edgar G. Fischer, Marco Bisoffi, and Jeffrey K. Griffith

Assessment of the Frequency of Allelic Imbalance in Human Tissue Using a Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction System
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 266-271 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060115 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Consultations in Molecular Diagnostics:

Qiaofang Chen, Pin Lu, Amy V. Jones, Nicholas C.P. Cross, Richard T. Silver, and Y. Lynn Wang

Amplification Refractory Mutation System, a Highly Sensitive and Simple Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay, for the Detection of JAK2 V617F Mutation in Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 272-276 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060133 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence:

Joris A. Veltman and Bert B.A. de Vries

Whole-Genome Array Comparative Genome Hybridization: The Preferred Diagnostic Choice in Postnatal Clinical Cytogenetics
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 277 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060187 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean Amos Wilson and David Barton

Targeted versus Whole-Genome Array Comparative Genome Hybridization: The Atlantic Divide
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 278 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.060211 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviewer Acknowledgment:

Reviewer Acknowledgment
J Mol Diagn 2007 9: 279-280 ; doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2007.070015 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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