Nature

MS-MLPA: an attractive alternative laboratory assay for robust, reliable, and semiquantitative detection of MGMT promoter hypermethylation in gliomas

Expression of the DNA repair protein O6-alkylguanine-DNA-alkyltransferase (AGT), encoded by the O6-methylguanine (O6-mG) -DNA-methyltransferase (MGMT) DNA repair gene, results in resistance to ...
Science Daily

Cheap, simple, noninvasive blood test may replace invasive diagnostic techniques in early pregnancy

Researchers in the Netherlands believe they are on the verge of developing a simple, prenatal blood test that would be able to detect accurately chromosomal abnormalities in the developing fetus. At ...
Nature

Computer-assisted prenatal aneuploidy screening for chromosome 13, 18, 21, X and Y based on multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA)

From mid-March to mid-November 2003, 1614 amniotic and chorionic villus samples (CVS) were referred to the Cytogenetic Laboratory for karyotyping and MLPA aneuploidy screening. Eight samples were ...
News24

MLPA testing

have you heard about mlpa testing to check for dna malfunctions and to pick up syndromes. do you know of any good geenticist in the johannesburg area Answer::MLPA is a recognised test in genetics.