Diagnosis: is the process of determining which disease or condition explains a person's symptoms and signs. It is most often referred to as diagnosis with the medical context being implicit.
Dramatic responses observed with targeted agents in the ‘right’ genomic context have fueled large scale sequencing efforts to identify ‘effective’ treatments for a giv...
Small size, highly selective nature, flexible chemistry and ease of manufacturing make nucleic acid aptamers attractive for multiple applications in human diagnostics and drug discovery. &nbs...
DATE: February 26, 2019TIME: 11:00am PST, 2:00pm EST Osteosarcoma is the most common type of primary bone cancer affecting adolescents and children attributed to...
Comparative oncology is the study of naturally-occurring cancers in pet animals (mainly dogs) to broaden and deepen our collective understanding of cancers in both companion species and human...
DATE: November 21,2018TIME: 09:00am PST, 12:00pm EST Vaginal infections are a source of considerable morbidity among women. It is estimated that there are more than 10...
DATE: November 20, 2018TIME: 07:00 PSTSince its original development (2008) COLD-PCR has been used by several groups for increasing the sensitivity of mutation detection in di...
DATE: November 15,2018TIME: 06:00am PST, 09:00am EST, 3:00pm CET Hepatitis D virus (HDV) is a unique RNA virus that requires the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) to...
Second and third generations of PTH immunoassays currently available on the market demonstrate significant variability with up to 4.2 fold difference in measurements depending on the method u...
DATE: November 13, 2018TIME: 9:00am PST, 12:00pm ESTExtracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-secreted nanoparticles that play a pivotal role in intercellular communic...
DATE: November 8, 2018TIME: 9:00AM PDTAnnual epidemics of influenza place a substantial burden on the health of people in the United States. CDC estimates that influenza has...
Alzheimer’s disease is becoming a public health crisis as the anticipated number of sufferers is expected to rise to 15 million in the next 30 years, at least in the US. These numbers a...
Solid phase microextraction (SPME) is a versatile, non-exhaustive sample preparation tool that has been demonstrated to be well-suited for facile and effective analysis of a broad range of co...
DATE: October 17, 2018TIME: 09:00am PT, 11:00pm CT, 12:00pm, ET Each patient case request can vary in what is required to make a diagnosis by the pathologist.Many times, the patholog...
DATE: October 16, 2018TIME: 3:00 PM CEST, 6:00 AM PDT This webinar will provide an overview on some pathogens that can be transmitted from mother to fetus du...
As the most common female malignancy, breast cancer is the most likely reason that a woman will die of cancer around the world. Breast cancer mortality has dropped in the U.S. by 35% since 19...
Two projects looking at novel approaches to targeting inflammatory breast cancer will be presented. Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a unique, understudied, and most lethal subtype account...
DATE: October 2, 2018TIME: 9:00AM PDTUnderstanding the role of distinct cellular phenotypes in tissue function, development, and pathogenesis requires tools that can rapidly and co...
Early adverse exposures, such as maternal stress during pregnancy and child abuse, are thought to result in long-lasting consequences on neural circuit function and stress hormone regulation...
Current methods for in vitro diagnosis of autoimmune diseases (ADs) are mainly based on the detection of circulating autoantibodies using specific AD autoantigens. A high-quality recombinant...
Sexually transmitted diseases remain a major global public health burden despite the availability of effective prevention strategies to diagnose and treat bacterial STDs. Concerning tre...
Every year, approximately 800,000 critically ill patients are hospitals in the USA with undiagnosed infections. The only option is to treat these patients with broad-spectrum antimicrobial th...
The ongoing research and scientific debate on pathophysiology, classification, nomenclature and diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome illustrates the complexity of cellular membranes, their...
Whooping cough caused by Bordetella infection has resurged in recent years. Dr. Karissa Culbreath will discuss the clinical presentation of Bordetella infection and its public health im...
There are new generations of comprehensive multiplex molecular panels available for infectious diseases syndromic diagnostics. They are able to rapidly detect and identify the most common pat...
Dramatic responses observed with targeted agents in the ‘right’ genomic context have fueled large scale sequencing efforts to identify ‘effective’ treatments for a giv...
Small size, highly selective nature, flexible chemistry and ease of manufacturing make nucleic acid aptamers attractive for multiple applications in human diagnostics and drug discovery. &nbs...
DATE: February 26, 2019TIME: 11:00am PST, 2:00pm EST Osteosarcoma is the most common type of primary bone cancer affecting adolescents and children attributed to...
Comparative oncology is the study of naturally-occurring cancers in pet animals (mainly dogs) to broaden and deepen our collective understanding of cancers in both companion species and human...
DATE: November 21,2018TIME: 09:00am PST, 12:00pm EST Vaginal infections are a source of considerable morbidity among women. It is estimated that there are more than 10...
DATE: November 20, 2018TIME: 07:00 PSTSince its original development (2008) COLD-PCR has been used by several groups for increasing the sensitivity of mutation detection in di...
DATE: November 15,2018TIME: 06:00am PST, 09:00am EST, 3:00pm CET Hepatitis D virus (HDV) is a unique RNA virus that requires the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) to...
Second and third generations of PTH immunoassays currently available on the market demonstrate significant variability with up to 4.2 fold difference in measurements depending on the method u...
DATE: November 13, 2018TIME: 9:00am PST, 12:00pm ESTExtracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-secreted nanoparticles that play a pivotal role in intercellular communic...
DATE: November 8, 2018TIME: 9:00AM PDTAnnual epidemics of influenza place a substantial burden on the health of people in the United States. CDC estimates that influenza has...
Alzheimer’s disease is becoming a public health crisis as the anticipated number of sufferers is expected to rise to 15 million in the next 30 years, at least in the US. These numbers a...
Solid phase microextraction (SPME) is a versatile, non-exhaustive sample preparation tool that has been demonstrated to be well-suited for facile and effective analysis of a broad range of co...
DATE: October 17, 2018TIME: 09:00am PT, 11:00pm CT, 12:00pm, ET Each patient case request can vary in what is required to make a diagnosis by the pathologist.Many times, the patholog...
DATE: October 16, 2018TIME: 3:00 PM CEST, 6:00 AM PDT This webinar will provide an overview on some pathogens that can be transmitted from mother to fetus du...
As the most common female malignancy, breast cancer is the most likely reason that a woman will die of cancer around the world. Breast cancer mortality has dropped in the U.S. by 35% since 19...
Two projects looking at novel approaches to targeting inflammatory breast cancer will be presented. Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a unique, understudied, and most lethal subtype account...
DATE: October 2, 2018TIME: 9:00AM PDTUnderstanding the role of distinct cellular phenotypes in tissue function, development, and pathogenesis requires tools that can rapidly and co...
Early adverse exposures, such as maternal stress during pregnancy and child abuse, are thought to result in long-lasting consequences on neural circuit function and stress hormone regulation...
Current methods for in vitro diagnosis of autoimmune diseases (ADs) are mainly based on the detection of circulating autoantibodies using specific AD autoantigens. A high-quality recombinant...
Sexually transmitted diseases remain a major global public health burden despite the availability of effective prevention strategies to diagnose and treat bacterial STDs. Concerning tre...
Every year, approximately 800,000 critically ill patients are hospitals in the USA with undiagnosed infections. The only option is to treat these patients with broad-spectrum antimicrobial th...
The ongoing research and scientific debate on pathophysiology, classification, nomenclature and diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome illustrates the complexity of cellular membranes, their...
Whooping cough caused by Bordetella infection has resurged in recent years. Dr. Karissa Culbreath will discuss the clinical presentation of Bordetella infection and its public health im...
There are new generations of comprehensive multiplex molecular panels available for infectious diseases syndromic diagnostics. They are able to rapidly detect and identify the most common pat...