Hematology
New Health Hubs Offer Guidance and Risk-Factor Blood Testing Services
A newly opened group of health centers provides comprehensive blood tests, including risk-factor assessment for conditions such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, as well as post-testing guidance and support services. More...07 Apr 2014
FDA Clears First-of-Its-kind Postnatal Test for Developmental Disabilities
The US Food and Drug Administration has recently cleared a new postnatal blood test to help diagnose children’s genetic-based developmental disabilities more comprehensively by enabling a high-resolution genome-wide analysis of genetic aberrations. More...02 Apr 2014
Novel IVD Assay Tested for Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
Laboratory tests to support clinical diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia are subdivided into functional, platelet activation assays that lack standardization, or immunological assays, which have moderate specificity toward HIT. More...31 Mar 2014
In Other News
Highly Specific Blood Test Detects Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Blood Test Identifies Seniors At-Risk for Cognitive Impairment or Alzheimer's Years in Advance of Onset
Preleukemic Hematopoietic Stem Cells Identified in Acute Leukemia
New Hematology Analyzer Brings High-Standard Reticulocyte Analysis to a Compact Platform
Cancer Cells in Sentinel Node Indicate Melanoma Risk
New Service for Circulating Tumor Cell Analysis Now Available
Dako and Amgen Collaborate to Develop New Diagnostic Test
Meta-Analysis Finds Home-Based Test Effective for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Common Leukemia Induced by Single Mutation in Osteoblasts
New Comprehensive Blood Safety Portfolio Launched at Arab Health 2014
Risk Factor Identified for Life-Threatening Disease in Premature Infants
Fully Automated Venipuncture Device Improves Pediatric Experience
DNA-Enrichment Technology May Help Replace Biopsies for Cancer Mutation Testing
Point-of-Care Hemoglobin Testing Compared with Laboratory Analyzer
New Pregnancy Assay Receives CE Marking and FDA Clearance
Automated Hematology Analyzer Enumerates Peripheral Blood Stem Cells
Platelet Indices Altered in Severe Malaria
Automated Soluble Fibrin Assays Evaluated
Molecular Test Detects Difficult-to-Diagnose Chronic Blood Cancer
Genomic Analyses Improves Transfusion Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease
Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Rapidly Diagnosed by Immunostaining
Congenital Anemia Patients Should Be Tested for Pearson Syndrome
Genetic Links Found to Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
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.