Anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) testing is a cornerstone of autoimmune diagnostics. ANAs occur in a variety of autoimmune diseases, including systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases...
Reporting and benchmarking are critical components in managing any pathology practice or clinical laboratory. Gone are the days of waiting to review a month-end reporting packet...
The detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is of increasing importance to cervical cancer screening, and has been fundamental to the overall decrease in the rate...
Approximately seven percent of the United States population is affected by diabetes, and millions are at risk of developing the condition. One in three adults has prediabetes,...
Approximately seven percent of the United States population is affected by diabetes, and millions are at risk of developing the condition. One in three adults has prediabetes,...
Diabetes and its complications impose severe economic burden on individuals, families and the U.S. healthcare delivery system. The total costs of diagnosed diabetes due to both...
Capillary whole blood testing with point-of-care (POC) glucose meters in hospitalized patients and, particularly, in critically ill patients, remains a topic of interest in the...
The clinical laboratory is an inherently dangerous place. Laboratorians face a variety of dangers working in an environment that contains biohazards. Utilizing standard precautions...
It is difficult to overstate the tremendous role that medical lab tests play in the U.S. healthcare system. Hundreds of millions of tests are ordered each year. Physicians and...
The major histocompatibility complex is comprised of integral membrane glycoproteins that function in the recognition of self vs. nonself antigens and presentation of nonself ...
One of the Holy Grails of molecular processes—either for clinical utility, or to serve as the premise for science fiction plots—has been the quest for genetic engineering, that...
The head of business development at a leading toxicology lab had an “ah-ha” moment when he compared two of the lab’s accounts. He was surprised to discover that the account with...
Jack J. Phillips, President and CEO Roche Diagnostics North AmericaProfessionalAs head of Roche Diagnostics in North America, my goal is to develop a culture that fosters excellence...
