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Differentiate between diagnostics and therapeutics. Give one example and for each category.

Diagnostics are the various methods or techniques which are involved in the diagnosis or detection of disease, For example, ELISA (i.e., Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay) is a diagnostic technique used for the detection of HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C.

Therapeutics involves various agents which help in the treatment for a particular disease. For example, Ampicillin which is an antibiotic helps in the treatment of bacterial infections in humans is a therapeutic agent.


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