Molecular Diagnostics: Molecular diagnostic tests detect specific sequences in DNA or RNA that may or may not be associated with disease, including single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), deletions, rearrangements, insertions and others. By analysing the specifics of the patient and their disease, molecular diagnostics offers the prospect of personalized medicine. These tests are useful in a range of medical specialisms, including infectious disease, oncology, human leucocyte antigen typing, coagulation, and pharmacogenomics-the genetic prediction of which drugs will work best.
Currently, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in North America, the most frequent malignancy in men from all ethnicities, surpassing lung cancer. Prostate tumors...
Despite the fact that screening for many cancers is associated with net harm, healthcare consumers continue to be screened. PSA is the most commonly performed laboratory screening test for ca...
Many direct immunoassays in use today for testosterone analysis are little better than a guess at the low levels that are sometimes required. This has led many clinical societies to adv...
Pregnancy represents a time of rapid bodily change, which include physical proportions, physiology and responsibility. Arguably, nothing during these times changes more than the requirement a...
Do you have targets that are difficult to genotype? Are you starting new projects and looking for a fast, convenient genotyping solution?Whether detecting mitochondrial disease targets, s...
Many Americans have succumbed to the scare tactics of the dermatological community, and avoid sunlight for fear of skin cancer and premature aging. Therefore, most of us suffer from vitamin D...
Monitoring unfractionated heparin (UFH) using the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) or the anti-factor Xa (anti-Xa) chromogenic assay still seems to be a controversy. Is the...
In 2012, Consumers Reports and the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation launched the Choosing Wisely campaign. This initiative, which attracts media attention, assists physicians, n...
Cancer research diagnostic services in pathology laboratories worldwide have been negatively impacted by a lack of fresh-frozen tissue samples, the degradation of DNA and RNA in archival tiss...
DATE: November 1, 2017TIME: 9:00am PT, 12:00pm ETOver 1.6 million people are diagnosed with sepsis in the U.S. each year1 and sepsis is the #1 cost of hospitalization (ove...
DATE: October 25, 2017TIME: 10:00am PDT, 1:00pm EDTTesting for antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) has been a routine part of the evaluation of patients with a suspected connective tissue dis...
DATE: October 25, 2017TIME: 08:00am PDT, 11:00am EDTAs we learn more about the implications of genetic variation in 21st century medicine, the utilization of genotyping as a molecular t...
DATE: October 25, 2017TIME: 06:00am PDT, 09:00am EDTThis is the third topic in the webinar series on ‘Sanger Sequencing & Fragment Analysis made easy’.Repetitive DNA...
DATE: October 19, 2017TIME: 7:00 AM PDT, 10:00 AM EDT, 4:00 PM CETThis is the second topic in the webinar series on ‘Sanger Sequencing & Fragment Analysis made easy’...
The promise of precision and personalized medicine is rooted in accurate, highly sensitive, and specific disease biomarkers. This is particularly true for cancer-a disease characterized by ma...
The analysis of circulating biomarkers in a patient’s blood holds significant potential for early disease detection and disease monitoring. Circulating DNA is the most commonly studied...
Recent advances in flow and mass cytometry have greatly expanded the number of immune cell parameters that can be interrogated, resulting in an improved understanding of the immune system het...
More and more decisions will center on the ability to molecularly characterize a disease. So the molecular diagnostic laboratory will have a pivotal role. What does that look like? Will we be...
DATE: October 4th, 2017TIME: 8:00AM PT, 11:00AM ET, 5:00PM (GMT+2)New HCV drugs are now approved which, when used in combination, yield very high rates of cure of HC...
To study cell metabolism, our laboratory has found it exceedingly informative to integrate Agilent Seahorse XF Analyzers with mass spectrometry-based measurements of metabolomics and stable i...
Clostridium difficile is a major pathogen responsible for infectious diarrhea in healthcare settings. This presentation will review the data from a study comparing the new Simplexa® C. di...
DATE: September 13, 2017TIME: 10:00am PT, 1:00pm ET As part of BD’s commitment to increased awareness to the health and financial burden associated with Sepsis,...
The immune system is complex and dynamic, focused on defending the body from a host of pathogens ranging from viruses to cancer. A number of different mechanisms have evolved that help the bo...
DATE: September 12, 2017TIME: 8:00am PT, 11:00am ETEvery year, millions of dollars are wasted on poorly characterized and performing antibodies. Key researchers in the antibody co...
Currently, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in North America, the most frequent malignancy in men from all ethnicities, surpassing lung cancer. Prostate tumors...
Despite the fact that screening for many cancers is associated with net harm, healthcare consumers continue to be screened. PSA is the most commonly performed laboratory screening test for ca...
Many direct immunoassays in use today for testosterone analysis are little better than a guess at the low levels that are sometimes required. This has led many clinical societies to adv...
Pregnancy represents a time of rapid bodily change, which include physical proportions, physiology and responsibility. Arguably, nothing during these times changes more than the requirement a...
Do you have targets that are difficult to genotype? Are you starting new projects and looking for a fast, convenient genotyping solution?Whether detecting mitochondrial disease targets, s...
Many Americans have succumbed to the scare tactics of the dermatological community, and avoid sunlight for fear of skin cancer and premature aging. Therefore, most of us suffer from vitamin D...
Monitoring unfractionated heparin (UFH) using the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) or the anti-factor Xa (anti-Xa) chromogenic assay still seems to be a controversy. Is the...
In 2012, Consumers Reports and the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation launched the Choosing Wisely campaign. This initiative, which attracts media attention, assists physicians, n...
Cancer research diagnostic services in pathology laboratories worldwide have been negatively impacted by a lack of fresh-frozen tissue samples, the degradation of DNA and RNA in archival tiss...
DATE: November 1, 2017TIME: 9:00am PT, 12:00pm ETOver 1.6 million people are diagnosed with sepsis in the U.S. each year1 and sepsis is the #1 cost of hospitalization (ove...
DATE: October 25, 2017TIME: 10:00am PDT, 1:00pm EDTTesting for antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) has been a routine part of the evaluation of patients with a suspected connective tissue dis...
DATE: October 25, 2017TIME: 08:00am PDT, 11:00am EDTAs we learn more about the implications of genetic variation in 21st century medicine, the utilization of genotyping as a molecular t...
DATE: October 25, 2017TIME: 06:00am PDT, 09:00am EDTThis is the third topic in the webinar series on ‘Sanger Sequencing & Fragment Analysis made easy’.Repetitive DNA...
DATE: October 19, 2017TIME: 7:00 AM PDT, 10:00 AM EDT, 4:00 PM CETThis is the second topic in the webinar series on ‘Sanger Sequencing & Fragment Analysis made easy’...
The promise of precision and personalized medicine is rooted in accurate, highly sensitive, and specific disease biomarkers. This is particularly true for cancer-a disease characterized by ma...
The analysis of circulating biomarkers in a patient’s blood holds significant potential for early disease detection and disease monitoring. Circulating DNA is the most commonly studied...
Recent advances in flow and mass cytometry have greatly expanded the number of immune cell parameters that can be interrogated, resulting in an improved understanding of the immune system het...
More and more decisions will center on the ability to molecularly characterize a disease. So the molecular diagnostic laboratory will have a pivotal role. What does that look like? Will we be...
DATE: October 4th, 2017TIME: 8:00AM PT, 11:00AM ET, 5:00PM (GMT+2)New HCV drugs are now approved which, when used in combination, yield very high rates of cure of HC...
To study cell metabolism, our laboratory has found it exceedingly informative to integrate Agilent Seahorse XF Analyzers with mass spectrometry-based measurements of metabolomics and stable i...
Clostridium difficile is a major pathogen responsible for infectious diarrhea in healthcare settings. This presentation will review the data from a study comparing the new Simplexa® C. di...
DATE: September 13, 2017TIME: 10:00am PT, 1:00pm ET As part of BD’s commitment to increased awareness to the health and financial burden associated with Sepsis,...
The immune system is complex and dynamic, focused on defending the body from a host of pathogens ranging from viruses to cancer. A number of different mechanisms have evolved that help the bo...
DATE: September 12, 2017TIME: 8:00am PT, 11:00am ETEvery year, millions of dollars are wasted on poorly characterized and performing antibodies. Key researchers in the antibody co...
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