Molecular and Cellular Probes provides a unique forum for research on the location, diagnosis, and monitoring of inherited and infectious disease utilizing nucleic acid techniques. Crossing the traditional boundaries of diagnostic and clinical medicine, the journal provides an invaluable common meeting ground for workers from a variety of fields. Special attention is given to papers dealing with Human Molecular Genetics and Infectious Diseases, including: The description and clinical evaluation of nucleic acid techniques; New improved strategies for the production of probes; New strategies for the generation and detection of signals from probes; Use of polymerase chain reaction and other gene amplification techniques; Methods applied to infectious disease; Diagnosis, prenatal diagnosis, and carrier detection of inherited disorders by nucleic acid technology; Analysis of risk factors in multifactorial disorders using DNA polymorphisms; Animal studies with relevance to human disease.