The Knight Diagnostic Laboratories include a molecular translational research lab and three genetics laboratories specializing in molecular genetics, cytogenetics, and FISH analyses.
For constitutional studies, a full cytogenetics karyotype is prepared from cultured cells and any abnormalities are confirmed with appropriate FISH probes to clarify the findings and interpretation. FISH probes for specific syndromes based on the patient phenotype may be ordered. Targeted FISH for family members of known deletion or duplication carriers is also available.
The Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University is a pioneer in the field of precision cancer medicine. The institute's director, Brian Druker, M.D., helped prove it was possible to shut down just the cells that enable cancer to grow. This breakthrough has made once-fatal forms of the disease manageable and transformed how cancer is treated. The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center between Sacramento and Seattle – an honor earned only by the nation's top cancer centers. It is headquarters for one of the National Cancer Institute's largest research collaboratives, SWOG, in addition to offering the latest treatments and technologies as well as hundreds of research studies and clinical trials.
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