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Image: A photomicrograph of Mycobacterium leprae, the small brick-red rods, taken from a leprosy skin lesion (Photo courtesy of Centers of Disease Control and Prevention).

Molecular-Based Techniques Diagnose Leprosy

The classic tools to diagnose leprosy are based on bacillary counts and histopathology, but these have been facing hurdles, especially in distinguishing latent infection from active disease and diagnosing paucibacillary clinical forms.  More...
23 Apr 2014
Image: The Quant-iT PicoGreen dsDNA Assay Kit (Photo courtesy of Invitrogen).

Blood Test Provides Rapid Method of Detecting Solid Cancers

Circulating tumor DNA is a promising biomarker for noninvasive assessment of cancer burden, but existing detection methods have insufficient sensitivity or patient coverage for broad clinical applicability.  More...
22 Apr 2014
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Image: The QuantiTect Reverse Transcription Kit (Photo courtesy of Qiagen)

Blood Tests Predict Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death

A simple blood test can predict a person's risk for sudden cardiac death, enabling physicians to quickly and accurately assess a patient's need for an implantable cardiac defibrillator.  More...
17 Apr 2014

Testing for Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Goes NexGen

A patent pending genomic technique that rapidly sequences 12 genes associated with complement-mediated atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome is now being used to diagnose this rare disorder.   More...
15 Apr 2014

Imaging and Blood Test Work Together to Optimize Evaluation of Ovarian Cancer Risk

A new US Food and Drug Administration-cleared blood test that measures the levels of five proteins and then uses a proprietary algorithm and software to calculate a single risk score has been the topic of recent research comparing the test to two imaging modalities.  More...
15 Apr 2014
Image: Molecule model of calreticulin (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Comons).

American Diagnostic Laboratory Offers Genetic Test for Calreticlin Gene Mutations

A new diagnostic test that detects mutations in the gene encoding for the protein calreticulin is expected to help physicians identify patients with certain types of myeloproliferative neoplasms, which are blood cancers that have the potential to evolve into acute leukemia.  More...
14 Apr 2014

Microarray Gene Expression Approach May Help Predict Cancer Patient Survival

A new predictive genetic tool is being developed that could help cancer patients and their physicians decide whether follow-up treatments are likely to help.  More...
14 Apr 2014
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