Healthcare operations, including clinical laboratory operations, have been impacted by the ongoing wave of outages provoked by a compromised software update to its Falcon antivirus...

BYG4lab is a European company new to the United States. Could you share the company’s history and your vision for the company in the United States? BGY4lab is a European...

The 2024 Medical Laboratory Observer (MLO) State of the Industry (SOI) survey on Disease Management focused on diabetes (type 1 and type 2) and sexually transmitted infection ...

A critical technique in clinical laboratory testing, mass spectrometry (MS) involves, at its core, examining a mass of molecules. Think of mass spectrometry as a tiny scale for...

Phlebotomy — collecting a blood specimen directly from the circulatory system via puncture for analysis and diagnosis — is one of the most common invasive procedures...

This month, MLO is republishing the original panic–critical value article1 in its annual Clinical Laboratory Reference supplement. A critical laboratory value represents...

In this issue, I noticed a prominent theme of blood testing/specimen collection in the articles — our State of the Industry covers diabetes and sexually transmitted infection...

Although it’s considered a rare cancer, acute myeloid leukemia is one of the most common types of leukemia in adults.

What are some of the most difficult clinical sample types for sequencing-related projects and why? Patient tissue is predominantly preserved as formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded...

Over the past 20 years, clinical oncology practice has evolved in several important ways. Most excitingly, treatment strategies have become more personalized to the individual...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV), despite widespread vaccination efforts, poses a global health challenge affecting around 2 billion people worldwide.1 Chronic HBV contributes to 30% of...

Applying workforce considerations and asking the right questions are key to establishing lab QC protocols.

Biomarkers serve as critical navigational tools, guiding physicians on their patients’ journey through the diagnosis, treatment, and management of their specific cancer....