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...
New workflow for automated tuberculosis testing The combination of Revvity’s T-SPOT.TB test with the Auto-Pure 2400 liquid handler from Allsheng enables labs to efficiently...
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...
Laboratory errors can lead to errors in diagnosis and may cause increased costs, unnecessary testing and/or treatment, and adverse patient outcomes. Approximately 60–70%...
Biomarkers serve as critical navigational tools, guiding physicians on their patients’ journey through the diagnosis, treatment, and management of their specific cancer....
Group A streptococcal (GAS) infections have been on the rise since late 2022 and 2023 after an overall low incidence during the years of the COVID-19 pandemic.1 GAS infections...
Clinical laboratories are now confronted with the growing risk of cybersecurity attacks and are grappling with the task of sustaining operational functionality in the face of ...
The neurodegenerative processes that precede dementia begin to chip away at a person’s cognitive reserve many years before mental capacity is determined to be outside the...
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During the pandemic, I was tested for COVID-19 in a laboratory. This test really scared me. The lady testing me stuck the swab so far up my nose, I was afraid I was going to get...
