The Role of Epigenomic microRNA Growth Control with Dr. Finkelstein

We are honored to have Dr. Syd Finkelstein present the article entitled, "The Role of Epigenomic microRNA Growth Control in Diagnosing Benign versus Malignant & Determining Phenotypic Expression of Thyroid Nodules." Dr. Jane Houldsworth joins as the featured expert discussant.

0:00 Webinar Begins

3:03 What Is MicroRNA (miRNA)?
Dr. Finkelstein explains how miRNA’s unique properties and interactions with messenger RNA are correlated with thyroid cancer.
5:21 Webinar

7:13 Quantifying miRNA Expression & Malignancy
Dr. Finkelstein discusses how expression of specific miRNA markers can be quantified and used to predict tumor malignancy.
10:07 Webinar

18:45 miRNA Fingerprinting of Cancer
Dr. Finkelstein discusses how pairwise profiling involving combinations of specific miRNA mutations can be used to categorize cancer types.
20:40 Webinar

44:54 Discussion with Q&A

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