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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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MAY 11, 2016Plants & Animals
In a movement taking place via the nonprofit organization Project Chimps, 220 laboratory chimpanzees that have served th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 11, 2016Cardiology
A new 3D virtual heart may help doctors identify which cardiac patients are most at risk for life-threatening arrhythmia ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 05, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Harnessing the power of mobile devices for science, neuroscientists unveiled a new interactive game that provides entert ...APR 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Ebola infection and transmission caused a huge international health crisis in 2015 in West Africa, the site of the large ...APR 29, 2016Cancer
What do cancer researchers think is the most dangerous part of cancer? Metastasis. This is the ability of cancer to spre ...APR 28, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
To track cells, new lab-on-a-chip technology is borrowing a technique used by cellular networks to track phones. The dev ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When it comes to medical testing, more is not always better. This is the sentiment from a recent research examining the ...APR 21, 2016Health & Medicine
Current heart muscle engineering technology requires more than a million stem cells per tissue, making mass production o ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Some cancer patients receiving a specific chemotherapy increases their risk for heart disease, discouraging prognosis fo ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine pouring a cup of coffee, stirring it, and lifting the cup to drink. Sounds simple for most people, but being abl ...APR 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
As scientists develop new innovations to diagnose and treat medical problems, the emphasis is on patient safety and resp ...APR 14, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The quest for male contraception is ongoing and may have gotten a little boost, as researchers at University of Virginia ...APR 13, 2016Cancer
Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts are launching a cancer tissue repository for use ...APR 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Since 2010 scientists have known that people of Eurasian origin have inherited anywhere from 1 to 4 percent of their DNA ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 09, 2016Health & Medicine
A few months ago, my fellow Labroots writer Brenda Kelley Kim did a nice piece on this paper from a group at Western Uni ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAPR 06, 2016Cancer
Using a gelatin-based hydrogel mix, scientists from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) can model a cancer microen ...APR 02, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Just in the past few months, biomedical engineers have created lab-grown heart cells, retinal nerve cells, and even voca ...MAR 29, 2016Neuroscience
Parkinson’s Disease, (PD), is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the muscles in the body. It’s progres ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 28, 2016Health & Medicine
As a long-time contact lens wearer, I am intimately familiar with the discomfort of dry contact lenses. You would think ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAR 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Scientists have developed a brain implant that can turn the patient’s immune system against Alzheimer’s dise ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 15, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Encouraging students to repeatedly make decisions about data collected during introductory lab courses improves their cr ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 11, 2016Cancer
A common theme in medicine is that detecting a disease early on can lead to more effective treatments. The idea relies p ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 10, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found evidence that a lack of stem cells in the womb lining is causing thousands of women to suffer from ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 08, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Students who physically experience scientific concepts understand them more deeply and score better on science tests, ac ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 11, 2016
Plants & Animals
In a movement taking place via the nonprofit organization Project Chimps, 220 laboratory chimpanzees that have served th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 11, 2016
Cardiology
A new 3D virtual heart may help doctors identify which cardiac patients are most at risk for life-threatening arrhythmia
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Harnessing the power of mobile devices for science, neuroscientists unveiled a new interactive game that provides entert
...
APR 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ebola infection and transmission caused a huge international health crisis in 2015 in West Africa, the site of the large
...
APR 29, 2016
Cancer
What do cancer researchers think is the most dangerous part of cancer? Metastasis. This is the ability of cancer to spre
...
APR 28, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
To track cells, new lab-on-a-chip technology is borrowing a technique used by cellular networks to track phones. The dev
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When it comes to medical testing, more is not always better. This is the sentiment from a recent research examining the
...
APR 21, 2016
Health & Medicine
Current heart muscle engineering technology requires more than a million stem cells per tissue, making mass production o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Some cancer patients receiving a specific chemotherapy increases their risk for heart disease, discouraging prognosis fo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine pouring a cup of coffee, stirring it, and lifting the cup to drink. Sounds simple for most people, but being abl
...
APR 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
As scientists develop new innovations to diagnose and treat medical problems, the emphasis is on patient safety and resp
...
APR 14, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The quest for male contraception is ongoing and may have gotten a little boost, as researchers at University of Virginia
...
APR 13, 2016
Cancer
Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts are launching a cancer tissue repository for use
...
APR 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Since 2010 scientists have known that people of Eurasian origin have inherited anywhere from 1 to 4 percent of their DNA
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 09, 2016
Health & Medicine
A few months ago, my fellow Labroots writer Brenda Kelley Kim did a nice piece on this paper from a group at Western Uni
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 06, 2016
Cancer
Using a gelatin-based hydrogel mix, scientists from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) can model a cancer microen
...
APR 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Just in the past few months, biomedical engineers have created lab-grown heart cells, retinal nerve cells, and even voca
...
MAR 29, 2016
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s Disease, (PD), is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the muscles in the body. It’s progres
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 28, 2016
Health & Medicine
As a long-time contact lens wearer, I am intimately familiar with the discomfort of dry contact lenses. You would think
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAR 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Scientists have developed a brain implant that can turn the patient’s immune system against Alzheimer’s dise
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 15, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Encouraging students to repeatedly make decisions about data collected during introductory lab courses improves their cr
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 11, 2016
Cancer
A common theme in medicine is that detecting a disease early on can lead to more effective treatments. The idea relies p
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 10, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found evidence that a lack of stem cells in the womb lining is causing thousands of women to suffer from
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 08, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Students who physically experience scientific concepts understand them more deeply and score better on science tests, ac
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)