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A patient suffering with blood cancer has been put on radio and chemotherapy for the past 5 months. How can FISH technique be used to monitor the effect of the same? 

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FISH- fluorescent insitu hybridization technique involves- introducing fluorescent colours into chromosome 9 and 22 using nick translation (red in 9 and green in 22) and then

counting the number of yellow cells (i.e having blood cancer) and following their decrease with chemo and radiotherapies.



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