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Hematology

Image: The microfluidic device developed to help detect blood clots (Photo courtesy of Texas A&M College of Engineering).

Tortuosity-Powered Microfluidic Device Assesses Thrombosis

Accurate assessment of blood thrombosis and antithrombotic therapy is essential for the management of patients in a variety of clinical conditions, including surgery and on extracorporeal life support. More...
18 Jun 2020
Image: A unit of cord blood that can be used for stem cell transplants (Photo courtesy of Catholic University of Valencia).

Cord Blood Transplants May Outperform Matched Sibling Donors

When a cancer patient needs a bone marrow transplant, there are four common donor sources: A matched related donor (sibling), a matched unrelated donor (from a donor database), a half-matched donor, or umbilical cord blood. More...
16 Jun 2020
Image: Doctors recommend that all COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU undergo a thromboelastography (TEG) to test for the risk of forming blood clots. The TEG 6s system provides rapid, comprehensive and accurate identification of an individual’s hemostasis condition in a laboratory or point-of-care setting (Photo courtesy of Haemonetics Corporation).

Thromboelastography Identifies Undetected Blood Clots in COVID-19 Patients

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused more than 400,000 deaths globally. Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and other COVID-19–associated coagulopathies occur among patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 infections. More...
15 Jun 2020
Image: The Bio-Rad CFX96 Real-Time PCR Platform (Photo courtesy of Nanyang Technological University).

Streamlined Assay Improves Prenatal Detection of Alpha-Thalassemia

Alpha-Thalassemia is a group of recessively inherited hemoglobin (Hb) disorders that result from decreased or absent synthesis of α-globin chains, affecting up to 5% of the world's population, mainly prevalent in the Mediterranean coastal countries, Southeast Asia, some African countries, and southern China. More...
09 Jun 2020
Image: The C-reactive protein (CRP) test was one of the biomarkers evaluated in children with community-acquired pneumonia (Photo courtesy of Healsens Digital Preventive Care).

Biomarkers Evaluated in Children with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of the most common conditions treated by pediatricians, yet predicting disease severity and prognosis is often difficult at the initial presentation. More...
01 Jun 2020
Image: High-quality spectra acquired by the image-guided hyperspectral line-scanning system and the mHematology mobile application. The device assesses blood hemoglobin without drawing blood (Photo courtesy of Purdue University).

Smartphone-Based Technique Helps Doctors Assess Hematological Disorders

As one of the most common clinical laboratory tests, blood hemoglobin tests are routinely ordered as an initial screening of reduced red blood cell production to examine the general health status before other specific examinations. More...
01 Jun 2020
Image: The UniCel DxI 800 Access Immunoassay System (Photo courtesy of Beckman Coulter).

Soluble Transferrin Receptor Investigated in Iron Deficiency Anemia

Anemia is a global public health problem and approximately 30% of the world's population suffered from anemia, with children and pregnant women being the most affected. Microcytic hypochromic anemia is a common type of anemia, and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is the most common manifestation of this anemia. More...
25 May 2020
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The Hematology channel at LabMedica covers the all aspect of plasma, coagulation, transfusion medicine, and blood banking, as well as related lab tools and techniques.
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