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Image: The STA Compact Max is a fully automated benchtop analyzer built on the most reliable platform in the industry (Photo courtesy of STAGO)

Coagulation Function Explored for Gestational Diabetes Hemorrhage Risk

 Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is characterized as glucose intolerance of any degree that begins or first diagnosed during pregnancy. It possesses a higher risk of hemorrhage, which may be caused by the coagulation dysfunction. More...
10 Dec 2019
Image: An assay kit for the determination of Factor IX activity in plasma and Factor IX preparations, including potency assignment of FIX concentrates. The lack of increase in FIX activity, in contrast to FVIII activity, during pregnancy is likely to have contributed postpartum hemorrhage (Photo courtesy of Cryopep)

Hemophilia B Gene Increases Risk for Postpartum Bleeding

 Pregnancy influences the levels of blood clotting factors. In healthy women, the activity of factor VIII (FVIII), the missing coagulation factor in hemophilia A, more than doubles in the third trimester and drops back to normal levels within days following delivery. Conversely, factor IX (FIX) activity, the clotting factor defective in hemophilia B, increases slightly or remains the same during normal pregnancy. More...
09 Dec 2019
Image: Schematic diagram of how the deep learning algorithm classifies leukocytes in a blood smear in an automated and standardized way (Photo courtesy of Helmholtz Zentrum München / Dr. Carsten Marr)

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Diagnosed by Convolutional Neural Networks

 Every day, millions of single blood cells are evaluated for disease diagnostics in medical laboratories and clinics. Most of this repetitive task is still done manually by trained cytologists who inspect cells in stained blood smears and classify them into roughly 15 different categories. More...
27 Nov 2019
Image: The cobas c 513 analyzer is a dedicated high throughput HbA1c analyzer designed to meet efficiency, throughput and accuracy needs for HbA1c laboratory testing (Photo courtesy of Roche Diagnostics)

Next Generation Glycated Hemoglobin Assay Evaluated

 Diabetes mellitus is a pathological condition that affects all age groups worldwide. The percentage of glycated hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) reflects the mean plasma glucose level over the previous 3 to 4 months for most individuals and can be used to diagnose type 2 diabetes. More...
26 Nov 2019
Image: Peripheral blood smear from a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The lymphocytes with the darkly staining nuclei and scant cytoplasm are the CLL cells (Photo courtesy of VashiDonsk).

Second Malignancy Risk Higher for Some Leukemia Survivors

 Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia diagnosis in adults, with favorable outcomes in majority of patients and a 5-year survival of around 85%. A large proportion of CLL patients may never require treatment, requiring only ongoing surveillance. More...
25 Nov 2019
Image: The Oncotype DX test is a genomic test that analyzes the activity of a group of genes that can affect how a cancer is likely to behave and respond to treatment (Photo courtesy of Michael Jarrett/Genomic Health)

Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk Predicted by Immune-Related Germline Variants

 A single normal cell randomly acquires a series of mutations that allows it to proliferate and to be transformed into a cancer cell (i.e., founding clone), which initiates tumor progression and recurrence. More...
25 Nov 2019
Image: Photomicrograph of a hematoxylin-eosin-stained human lung tissue specimen, harvested from a pulmonary aspergillosis patient. The histopathologic changes indicate the presence of Aspergillus sp. fungal organisms. Note the branching hyphae amongst the lung tissue (Photo courtesy of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology).

Routine Blood Parameters Predict Invasive Aspergillosis Prognosis

Aspergillosis occurs in chronic or acute forms which are clinically very distinct. Most cases of acute aspergillosis occur in patients with severely compromised immune systems, e.g. those undergoing bone marrow transplantation. Symptoms include fever, chills, shock, delirium, seizures, and blood clots. More...
19 Nov 2019
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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.