We use cookies to understand how you use our site and to improve your experience. This includes personalizing content and advertising. To learn more, click here. By continuing to use our site, you accept our use of cookies. Cookie Policy.

LabMedica

Download Mobile App
Recent News Expo Clinical Chem. Molecular Diagnostics Hematology Immunology Microbiology Pathology Technology Industry Focus

Molecular Diagnostics

Image: The NanoDrop 2000 Spectrophotometer used to quantify and assess purity of DNA, RNA, and Proteins (Photo courtesy of Thermo Fisher Scientific).

CD MicroRNA Marks Subtypes with Differing Outcomes

Crohn’s disease (CD), one of the primary inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), is a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract resulting from an aberrant immune response to the enteric microbiota in a genetically susceptible host. More...
25 Oct 2018
Image: A diagram of electric field–induced release and measurement (EFIRM) platform (Photo courtesy of EZLife Bio).

Novel Technology Enables Detection of Early-Stage Cancer

Non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) is often fatal because most cases are not diagnosed until they are so advanced that surgical intervention is no longer possible. To improve outcomes a blood test has been developed to detect lung cancer earlier in the disease. More...
24 Oct 2018
Image: The NextSeq 550x instrument, a benchtop high-throughput sequencing system (Photo courtesy of Illumina).

Epigenomic Method Developed to Detect Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancers are typically diagnosed at late stage where disease prognosis is poor as exemplified by a 5-year survival rate of 8.2%. Earlier diagnosis would be beneficial by enabling surgical resection or earlier application of therapeutic regimens. More...
24 Oct 2018
Image: The Invitrogen Qubit 4 Fluorometer is the next generation of the popular benchtop fluorometer designed to accurately measure DNA, RNA, and protein quantity (Photo courtesy of Thermo Fisher Scientific).

Multiple Myeloma Subtypes Linked to Patient Ancestry

Multiple myeloma (MM) is two- to three-fold more common in African Americans compared to European Americans. This striking disparity, one of the highest of any cancer, may be due to underlying genetic predisposition between these groups. More...
23 Oct 2018
Image: The Guardant360 gene panel is a technology capable of isolating circulating tumor DNA in blood to identify genomic alterations in tumor genomic panel. This test allows identify genomic alterations and match them to treatment options (Photo courtesy of Guardant Health).

Test Identifies More Treatable Cancer Mutations Than Biopsies

Standard of care therapies that target specific mutations have changed the face of cancer treatment, and screening for such mutations, which can be drivers of both disease growth and treatment resistance. This can often be done with a biopsy of tumor tissue, but sometimes that tissue is hard to obtain or does not have sufficient DNA for analysis. More...
22 Oct 2018
Image: A rapid lateral flow drug test can detect four classes of drugs in traces of sweat found in fingerprints from both living and deceased individuals (Photo courtesy of Intelligent Fingerprinting).

Rapid Test Detects Drugs of Abuse in Fingerprint Samples

A rapid lateral flow assay accurately detects drugs of abuse in finger print samples from living or deceased individuals. More...
22 Oct 2018
Image: The ABI 7500 Real-Time PCR system (Photo courtesy of Applied Biosystems).

Molecular Diagnostics Prevents Malaria in Blood Banks

Haemovigilance is required to identify and prevent the occurrence or recurrence of unwanted transfusion-related transmissions and to increase the safety, efficacy and efficiency of blood transfusions. More...
18 Oct 2018
New
Gold Member
Hematology Analyzer
Medonic M32B
Portable Electronic Pipette
Mini 96
New
Silver Member
PCR Plates
Diamond Shell PCR Plates
New
Rapid Molecular Testing Device
FlashDetect Flash10


Genetic Testing channel of LabMedica brings the latest in molecular genetics, cytogenetics, and epigenetics, and methods from PCR to FISH, and more.