Molecular diagnostics and therapeutics is becoming a driving force in drug development. Applications have spread from identifying infections to include screening for cancer, hepatitis, and a variety of genetic disorders, and even tissue screening to minimise the risks of tissue rejection. This conference will discuss recent developments on next-generation sequencing, wearable sensors, liquid biopsies, direct-to-consumer testing and early cancer detection that are having a profound impact on healthcare delivery.

Chair: Dr Naravat Poungvarin, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand

Key topics:

• Molecular diagnostics and therapeutics
• Molecular pathology testing for precision medicine
• Immunotherapy
• Gene therapy for single gene disorder
• Non-invasive prenatal testing and infectious diseases

Benefits of attending:

• Discuss test validation and verification in the molecular laboratory
• Review molecular and non-molecular rapid diagnostic techniques and their applications for molecular diagnostics
• Identify tests and equipment that are user-friendly, automated, and offer increased monitoring systems

Key speakers:

Dr Tho Huu Ho,Vietnam Military Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam

Dr Lim Pich, National Center for Health Promotion, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Dr Masafumi Inoue, Molecular DiagnosticsGroup, Experimental Therapeutics Centre, Nanos, Singapore