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Image: The ID Core XT blood group genotyping kit (Photo courtesy of Progenika Biopharma).

Blood Compatibility Assay Approved by FDA

Blood can be grouped based on the antigens on the surfaces of red blood cells, and the presence or absence of blood group antigens other than the ABO blood group antigens can be important in matching blood for transfusions. More...
12 Nov 2018
Image: The HiSeq 2500 System is a powerful high-throughput sequencing system (Photo courtesy of Illumina).

Functional Genomic Landscape of AML Analyzed

Acute myeloid leukemia is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells, characterized by the rapid growth of abnormal cells that build up in the bone marrow and blood and interfere with normal blood cells. More...
01 Nov 2018
Image: A blood smear from a 68-year-old woman with a 13-year history of polycythemia vera and there are three red blood cell precursors present and slight to moderate anisopoikilocytosis (Photo courtesy of The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology).

Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Fall into Genetic Subgroups

Myeloproliferative neoplasms are a group of chronic blood cancers associated with a risk of bleeding and blood clots, but they can also progress to more advanced disease, including leukemia. More...
31 Oct 2018
Image: A blood smear showing various leukocytes used to assess the complete white blood cell count by microscopy (Photo courtesy of the University of Minnesota).

Prognostic Value of Blood Cell Counts Investigated

The prognosis and treatment of gastric cancer patients after radical gastrectomy mainly depends on classification of malignant tumors (TNM) stage system. However, the prognosis of gastric cancer patients could be various even with the same tumor stage. More...
29 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 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
Image: Bone marrow aspirate of a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia revealing increased blasts which are small to medium in size with high nuclear-to-cytoplasmic ratios, round to irregular nuclei, smooth chromatin, and scant basophilic agranular cytoplasm. Some background maturing myeloid cells are also present in this case (Photo courtesy of Dr. Karen M. Chisholm).

Next-Gen Test Authorized for Minimal Residual Disease

An estimated 6,000 people in the USA will be diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and 31,000 people will be diagnosed with multiple myeloma this year. More...
17 Oct 2018
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