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Chemistry
Chemistry: the branch of science that deals with the identification of the substances of which matter is composed; the investigation of their properties and the ways in which they interact, combine, and change; and the use of these processes to form new substances.
MAY 28, 2014 | 7:30 AM
Six-Sigma quality is defined as 3.4 (or fewer) defects per million opportunities (DPMO). Achieving Six-Sigma quality in a clinical laboratory is extremely difficult. This presentation will sh...
MAY 28, 2014 | 6:00 AM
For the last 60 years the primary method of preventing cervical cancer in both the U.S. and Europe has been cervical cytology -- if it is negative, women are rescreen in three years and if po...
MAY 28, 2014 | 6:00 AM
Due to the large increase in the number and complexity of clinical laboratory tests, optimal use of laboratory testing services has presented many challenges. The Clinical Laboratory Integrat...
MAR 19, 2014 | 12:00 PM
Axonal growth and pathfinding is fundamental to the development and regeneration of the nervous system. Src tyrosine kinase has been implicated in this process; however, the detailed molecula...
FEB 06, 2014 | 10:00 AM
A problem facing the rapid growth of zebrafish as a model for human disease is a lack of qualified personnel that understand the benefits and limitations of fish culture. As this model gains...
FEB 05, 2014 | 3:00 PM
C.E. CREDITS
The title of this presentation could have been Training within laboratory animal science - where we are and where we should be. While training has been the domain of facility managers for ma...
OCT 17, 2013 | 9:00 AM
C.E. CREDITS
Cancer metastases develop when tumor cells known as circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are shed from a tumor, circulate through the blood stream and colonize a distant tissue. The number of CTCs...
OCT 17, 2013 | 8:00 AM
Many drugs currently used for anti-cancer therapy demonstrate significant inter-individual variability that cannot be normalized using body weight or body surface area. There is an increasing...
OCT 17, 2013 | 7:00 AM
Whenever there is cell death, apoptotic cell free DNA fragments appear in the circulation of the host. These fragments, typically 145-160 base pairs in size, represent a minute fraction of to...
OCT 16, 2013 | 11:00 AM
Survival rates for early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remain unacceptably low compared to other common solid tumors. This mortality reflects a weakness in conventional staging, a...
OCT 16, 2013 | 11:00 AM
C.E. CREDITS
Cancer and diabetes are complex diseases that have proven difficult to treat in the clinics. Until recently, most efforts have focused on hitting individual therapeutic targets cleanly. Unfor...
AUG 22, 2013 | 5:00 PM
C.E. CREDITS
Malignancies caused by so-called Type I chemical and biological carcinogens provide important opportunities studying early events in cancer development, providing essential information for de...
AUG 22, 2013 | 7:00 AM
C.E. CREDITS
Anticoagulation therapy is frequently employed to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism in patients with prosthetic...
AUG 21, 2013 | 4:00 PM
C.E. CREDITS
The goal of personalized medicine is to customize healthcare to the individual patient. Pharmacogenomics, the analysis of how a patient's genetic makeup affects the individual's response to c...
AUG 21, 2013 | 12:00 PM
Whenever there is cell death, apoptotic cell free DNA fragments appear in the circulation of the host. These fragments, typically 145-160 base pairs in size, represent a minute fraction of to...
AUG 21, 2013 | 11:00 AM
RNASeq has become the primary method for studying changes in gene expression in modern genomics research. By directly sequencing the various types of RNA molecules, including mRNA, ncRNA, an...
AUG 21, 2013 | 8:00 AM
C.E. CREDITS
As a component of individualized medicine, pharmacogenetics (PGx) focuses on how genetic factors influence individual responses to specific medications. The clinical goals of pharmacogenetics...
MAY 31, 2013 | 9:00 AM
The process of implementing molecular assays in labs can be tedious, with new labs lacking knowledge and existing labs wanting to simplify and streamline their implementation process. Our web...
