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Lab tests are medical procedures used to evaluate biological samples such as blood, urine, or tissue. Lab tests are used for diagnostics, to aid in treatment planning, to monitor the efficacy of a therapy, or evaluate how a disease changes over time.
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SEP 08, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – September 8, 2016 – A series of new studies led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institu ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 07, 2016Cancer
When treating cancer, doctors have turned to immunotherapy to help target actual tumors instead of attacking all rapidly ...Written By: Jennifer EllisAUG 29, 2016Cardiology
For unknown reasons, some people are sensitive to certain medications to treat heart conditions like cardiomyopathy. Sci ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 23, 2016Neuroscience
The numbers on the incidence of strokes are pretty scary. In the United States, stroke is the third leading cause ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 21, 2016Cancer
A common folk remedy for upset stomachs and other digestive ails often involves ginger – raw, dried, candied, pick ...AUG 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Image Credit: TSRI's Makarenkova lab LA JOLLA, CA – August 18, 2016 – The eye’s lacrimal gland is ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)AUG 16, 2016Immunology
Your stomach growls and you think, “it’s telling me that it’s time for lunch.” However, it&rsquo ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 09, 2016Cancer
Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst mortality rates among all cancer types. It’s estimated that of the 53,000 A ...AUG 05, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes recently took the company to a place it’s never been before: to one of the most popu ...AUG 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Zika is inching its way into US territory. The past two weeks marked the first instance of local Zika transmission in th ...AUG 03, 2016Neuroscience
When a person sleeps, the brain is still very hard at work. Everything that someone sees, does or learns in the average ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 02, 2016Microbiology
A new report in the Journal of Fish Diseases has raised questions about the husbandry of zebrafish in laboratories every ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2016Neuroscience
When brain tissue is damaged by injury or disease, it’s irreplaceable. Unlike organ transplants or bone and skin g ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 31, 2016Videos
The Africa Health Research Institute has been established to fight both HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa and be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 27, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Duke Health and Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School have reported in the journal Imm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a world of new-age smart medicine and implantables, doctors at Tufts University have achieved a first that surpasses ...JUL 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have laid the first bricks in the development of a vaccine against chlamydia – one of the mos ...JUL 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Wouldn’t it be nice if brain surgeons had a window to your brain? Well, scientists at the University of California ...JUL 20, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – July 20, 2016 – In a new study, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have iden ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JUL 20, 2016Videos
In the United States, the US Geological Survey labs are responsible for testing millions of samples from around the coun ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 19, 2016Cancer
A decade-old technology to arm the immune system to fight cancer is now being adapted to fight HIV, one of the most pern ...JUL 15, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Publishing in the journal Diabetes, investigators have found that protein S, a molecule made by endothelial cells, could ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2016Neuroscience
When medical professionals have to determine a patient’s condition, they look to their vital signs---heart rate, r ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – September 8, 2016 – A series of new studies led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institu
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 07, 2016
Cancer
When treating cancer, doctors have turned to immunotherapy to help target actual tumors instead of attacking all rapidly
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
AUG 29, 2016
Cardiology
For unknown reasons, some people are sensitive to certain medications to treat heart conditions like cardiomyopathy. Sci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2016
Neuroscience
The numbers on the incidence of strokes are pretty scary. In the United States, stroke is the third leading cause
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 21, 2016
Cancer
A common folk remedy for upset stomachs and other digestive ails often involves ginger – raw, dried, candied, pick
...
AUG 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Image Credit: TSRI's Makarenkova lab LA JOLLA, CA – August 18, 2016 – The eye’s lacrimal gland is
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 16, 2016
Immunology
Your stomach growls and you think, “it’s telling me that it’s time for lunch.” However, it&rsquo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 09, 2016
Cancer
Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst mortality rates among all cancer types. It’s estimated that of the 53,000 A
...
AUG 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes recently took the company to a place it’s never been before: to one of the most popu
...
AUG 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Zika is inching its way into US territory. The past two weeks marked the first instance of local Zika transmission in th
...
AUG 03, 2016
Neuroscience
When a person sleeps, the brain is still very hard at work. Everything that someone sees, does or learns in the average
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 02, 2016
Microbiology
A new report in the Journal of Fish Diseases has raised questions about the husbandry of zebrafish in laboratories every
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2016
Neuroscience
When brain tissue is damaged by injury or disease, it’s irreplaceable. Unlike organ transplants or bone and skin g
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 31, 2016
Videos
The Africa Health Research Institute has been established to fight both HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa and be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Duke Health and Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School have reported in the journal Imm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a world of new-age smart medicine and implantables, doctors at Tufts University have achieved a first that surpasses
...
JUL 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have laid the first bricks in the development of a vaccine against chlamydia – one of the mos
...
JUL 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Wouldn’t it be nice if brain surgeons had a window to your brain? Well, scientists at the University of California
...
JUL 20, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – July 20, 2016 – In a new study, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have iden
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JUL 20, 2016
Videos
In the United States, the US Geological Survey labs are responsible for testing millions of samples from around the coun
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 19, 2016
Cancer
A decade-old technology to arm the immune system to fight cancer is now being adapted to fight HIV, one of the most pern
...
JUL 15, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Publishing in the journal Diabetes, investigators have found that protein S, a molecule made by endothelial cells, could
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2016
Neuroscience
When medical professionals have to determine a patient’s condition, they look to their vital signs---heart rate, r
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim