Clinical & Molecular DX News: Partial Recovery from Pandemic-Related Delays in Cancer Diagnosis & more...

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Partial Recovery from Pandemic-Related Delays in Cancer Diagnosis

The first cases of novel coronavirus diagnosed in December 2019 led the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30, 2020. Shortly after, on March 11, 2020, WHO named the outbreak a pandemic. The global outbreak of the coronavirus disease 19 ...

A Significant New Alzheimer's Biomarker is Discovered

Scientists have discovered a significant new biomarker related to the development of Alzheimer's disease. This work is based on data collected from over 3,000 people, and has revealed a single genetic variant called rs2113389, which is linked to the buildup of tau tangles in older adults. The findings have ...

Blood Pressure Readings May be Elevated by Arm Positions

When blood pressure readings are taken, people are often sitting in a chair with their arm hanging at their side. A new study has shown that this arm position may actually be dramatically affecting the reading, and could lead to incorrect diagnoses of hypertension. Researchers evaluated blood pressure ...

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Rapid Detection of Carbapenemase Activity in Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms (CPO) Using MALDI-TOF

Chunye Lu, PhD, MSc, PHM - Antibiotic Resistance Testing Laboratory Supervisor, Bacterial Diseases Section, Microbial Diseases Laboratory, California Department of Public Health

Vida Mofidi M.P.H., M(ASCP)CM - Senior Public Health Microbiologist, County of Orange Health Care Agency, Department of Public Health, Santa Ana, CA

The increasing emergence of carbapenem-resistant organisms (CRO), including Enterobacterales (CRE), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) and Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), is a major public health threat. The modified carbapenem inactivation method (mCIM) is a reference method that is widely used in clinical and public health laboratories to detect carbapenemase production; however, it is time-consuming ...

OCT 23, 2024 9:00 AM PDT

The updated EFLM European Urinalysis guideline: particles in the picture!

Dr. Matthijs Oyaert - Clinical Biologist at the clinical laboratory of the Ghent University hospital, Belgium
Member of the European Federation of Laboratory Medicine (EFLM)
Member of the Royal Belgian Society of Laboratory Medicine (RBSLM) board

Urinalysis is a major diagnostic screening test in the clinical laboratory, with an important role in diagnosing and monitoring nephrological and urological conditions. Until recently, microscopic urine sediment analysis was the most widely accepted urinalysis methodology.1 However, this time-consuming methodology is associated with extensive analytical errors. Over the past 30 years, new ...

OCT 24, 2024 5:00 AM PDT

Understanding Bioinformatics Workflows for NGS Analysis: Case Study with Whole-exome Sequencing Data

Nikita Raymond Dsouza - Bioinformatics Scientist, Roche Sequencing and LIfe Science

NGS enables the in-depth analysis of the genome and the identification and investigation of disease-associated variants–especially when workflows include target enrichment, which focuses on specific regions and enables higher throughput with greater sensitivity for rare variants. However, while the sample preparation and sequencing workflow takes only a few days, much work remains: (1) the ...

OCT 24, 2024 10:00 AM PDT

Molecular Syndromic Panel for Rapid Diagnostics of Urinary Tract Infections

Huan Wang, PhD - Clinical Application Specialist, Curetis GmbH

Matthias Klein, PhD - Principal Scientist, Curetis GmbH

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most prevalent infectious diseases, imposing a significant economic burden on healthcare systems. Traditional microbiological diagnostics for UTIs are slow, often taking several days to yield results, thus delaying the initiation of pathogen-specific antibiotic therapy. Moreover, variability in sample types, storage conditions, and patient health ...

OCT 29, 2024 7:00 AM PDT

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