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Cancer Diagnostics
Cancer diagnostics often begin with a biopsy and histopathologic examination, from the basis of physical examination and medical history. Sometimes the first indication is an abnormal laboratory test result (eg, anemia resulting from colon cancer).
SEP 27, 2019 | 9:00 AM
DATE: September 27, 2019TIME: 9:00am PT, 12:00pm ET Thienopyrazole derivatives have recently emerged as effective antitumoral agents with kinase inhibitory activity. In this s...
SEP 26, 2019 | 9:00 AM
Early detection is critical for improved survival in melanoma. Melanocytic nevi are extremely common benign tumors that mimic melanoma and are therefore commonly biopsied. Currently, the dete...
SEP 26, 2019 | 6:00 AM
Spatial transcriptomics methods permit gene expression from focal areas within a tissue to be profiled while maintaining the morphologic context of the tissue microenvironment. This presentat...
SEP 19, 2019 | 9:00 AM
DATE: September 19, 2019TIME: 9:00am PT, 12:00pm ET Cancer research continues to push the boundaries with new advancements in tissue analysis and biomarker detection. Now, more...
SEP 12, 2019 | 10:30 AM
The emergence and spread of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria and resistance mechanisms pose a serious challenge to laboratories in both hospital clinical microbiology and public health...
SEP 11, 2019 | 1:30 PM
Background: The vast majority of all genes are contained within the genomes of the prokaryotes, including the eubacteria and the archaea. These largely single-cellular domains of life thus...
SEP 05, 2019 | 7:00 AM
DATE: September 5, 2019TIME: 7:00am PT, 10:00am ET, 4:00pm CEST PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) has gone through a massive evolution since its development in 1983. Besides it...
AUG 15, 2019 | 9:00 AM
DATE: August 15, 2019TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT Radiation therapy is a critical tool for the treatment of brain tumors, however, exposure to high doses of ionizing radiation...
AUG 14, 2019 | 9:00 AM
DATE: August 14, 2019TIME: 9:00am PT. 12:00pm ET Implementation of Lean Methodology in Biobanking Operations to standardize sample management processes is effective. Each proce...
JUL 31, 2019 | 9:00 AM
DATE: July 31, 2019TIME: 9:00am PT, 12:00pm ET The choroid plexus, which makes up the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier in the central nervous system (CNS), lines the ventricle...
JUL 30, 2019 | 10:00 AM
DATE: July 30, 2019TIME: 10:00am PT/ 1:00pm ET The importance of building a validation structure within your lab cannot be overstated. Once in place, the ability to identify high...
JUL 30, 2019 | 6:00 AM
DATE: July 30, 2019TIME: 6:00am PT, 9:00am ET The current version of the EMA Guideline for the environmental risk assessment of human drugs was published in 2006. This guidance...
JUL 23, 2019 | 10:00 AM
DATE: July 23, 2019TIME: 10:00am PDTThe tumor microenvironment is a complex network of different cell types and states that imparts distinct properties to the tumor and plays a signif...
JUN 27, 2019 | 9:00 AM
DATE: June 27, 2019TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT At present cancer research focuses on three major areas viz. cancer diagnostics, drugs development, and next-generation therapi...
JUN 26, 2019 | 9:00 AM
DATE: June 26, 2019TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT An excessive number of software solutions are available to help manage your clinical, biobank, or biorepository sample inform...
JUN 20, 2019 | 1:30 PM
The practice of precision medicine utilizes advanced diagnostic tools to identify specific groups of patients on the basis of particular molecular characteristics, and guide their treatment w...
JUN 20, 2019 | 1:30 PM
Implementing precision genomic medicine in the pediatric acute care setting has several challenges. First, the diagnosis must be made quickly. Second, the determination of pathogenicity mus...
JUN 20, 2019 | 1:30 PM
Tumor heterogeneity is a hallmark of cancer and can have significant impact on identifying drivers, including those that may be therapeutically relevant. Although, the traditional sequencing...
