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Image: Blood smear of a patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. A large lymphocyte (arrow) has a notched nucleus and demonstrates the variable appearance of some of the lymphocytes in CLL (Photo courtesy of Professor Peter G. Maslak, MD)

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Genomic Study Reveals New Subtypes

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow. It affects the white blood cells called lymphocytes. It tends to develop very slowly. It is more common in older people and is rare in people younger than 40. More...
08 Aug 2022
Image: GCC-P portable clinical centrifuge is designed for easy transport (Photo courtesy of Globe Scientific)

Globe Scientific Introduces New Enhanced & Portable Clinical Centrifuges

Globe Scientific, Inc. (Mahwah, NJ, USA) has introduced two new centrifuges to expand on its successful range of benchtop laboratory equipment. More...
03 Aug 2022
Image: This photograph shows a close-up of the face of a patient with multiple telangiectasias secondary to hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Photo courtesy of Dr. P. Marazzi)

Whole Genome Sequences Discriminate Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Phenotypes

The abnormal vascular structures of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) often cause severe anemia due to recurrent hemorrhage, but HHT causal genes do not predict the severity of hematological complications. More...
26 Jul 2022
Image: Blood film of a patient with sickle cell/β 0 thalassemia compound heterozygosity shows one sickle cell, boat-shaped cells, target cells, three nucleated red cells, anisocytosis, poikilocytosis (Ke Xu, MD)

DNA Testing Assessed in Childhood Sickle-Cell Anemia Diagnosis

Sickle-cell disease (SCD) is the most common genetic disorder worldwide. SCD patients are homozygous for a recurrent mutation in the HBB-gene resulting in the substitution of a glutamic acid residue with a valine amino acid at position 6 of the beta globin protein (E6V). More...
21 Jul 2022
Image: Storage of red blood cells in alkaline PAGGGM improves metabolism but has no effect on recovery after transfusion (Photo courtesy of openPR)

Transfused RBCs Rapidly Recover From Metabolic Storage Lesions

Directly after red blood cell (RBC) transfusion, a significant number of RBCs are cleared from the circulation; in some patients, up to 38% of the transfused RBCs are cleared in the first 24 hours. More...
20 Jul 2022
Image: Kallestad Anti-dsDNA EIA, Bio-Rad Autoimmune Anti-dsDNA EIA and Bio-Rad Autoimmune EIA Anti-ssDNA. Anti-DNA testing is intended for use in the diagnosis and management of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and certain other rheumatic diseases (Photo courtesy of Bio-Rad)

Anti-Double Stranded DNA Antibodies Diagnose Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Anti-double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid antibodies (anti-dsDNA Abs) embrace antibodies with a wide spectrum of fine molecular specificities that are produced persistently in the context of true autoimmunity or transiently in context of infections or other clinical conditions. More...
13 Jul 2022
Image: The new generation Yumizen G800 and G1550 hemostasis analyzers (Photo courtesy of Horiba Medical)

Horiba Showcases New Generation Automated Hemostasis Analyzers at ISTH 2022

Horiba Medical (Kyoto, Japan) showcased the latest additions to its Yumizen G range of hemostasis analyzers and reagents at ISTH 2022 Congress - the premier event in the field of thrombosis and hemostasis - at London’s Excel from 9-13 July 2022. More...
07 Jul 2022
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