Answer to Question #147636 in Cell Biology for Grace Daniel

Question

Write briefly on cytology in the higher institutions, explain what make it a lucrative field of study

Answer 1

Cytology refers to a branch of pathology, the medical specialty that deals with making diagnoses of diseases and conditions through the examination of tissue samples from the body.

With the increasing familiarity of different sampling techniques, currently almost all institutions and health care providers are aware of the technology and it is part of routine investigative and diagnostic patient work up. Description of different types of samples will follow.