Cell-Free Nucleic Acids

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Balint Nagy. Int J Mol Sci. 2019.

. 2019 Nov 12;20(22):5645.

doi: 10.3390/ijms20225645.

¹ Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary.

Abstract

The discovery of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) dates back to 1948, when Mandel and Metais found it in the sera of cancer patients [...].

The author declares no conflict of interest.

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