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Image: Histology of a lung nodule excision showing papillary adenocarcinoma (Photo courtesy of iCytology).

Blood Test Differentiates Benign Lung Nodules from Lung Cancer

A combination of quantifiable blood proteins can distinguish between benign lung nodules and early-stage lung cancer with high probability.  More...
28 Nov 2013
Image: Applied Biosystems’ 7500 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction system (Photo courtesy of Life Technologies).

Simple Blood Test Diagnoses Specific Lung Cancer Subtypes

Blood based novel diagnostic markers have been identified that can be useful in detecting lung cancer early and even contribute to their subtyping.  More...
27 Nov 2013
Image: The VERSANT Tissue Preparation Reagents Kit (Photo courtesy of Siemens Healthcare).

New Tissue Preparation Solution Enables Increased Efficiency for Molecular Pathology Laboratories

A new tissue preparation system now enables automated extraction of high-quality nucleic acids from fresh frozen tissues as well as from formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tissues.   More...
27 Nov 2013
Image: The LightCycler 480 Instrument for rapid high-throughput, plate-based real-time PCR amplification and detection (Photo courtesy of Roche Applied Science).

Genetic Cause of Warburg Micro Syndrome Identified

A gene responsible for Warburg Micro syndrome, a rare genetic disease characterized by eye, brain, and endocrine abnormalities, has been identified by mutation screening.  More...
25 Nov 2013
Image: Small clusters of young tumor cells around blood vessels produce signature peptides (small pink lines). Some of these peptides move into the bloodstream where they can be detected by a serum-based tool, currently in development (Photo courtesy of Hu laboratory at the Houston Methodist Research Institute).

Blood Test Could Replace Mammography and Clinical Examinations for Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

A blood test that measures circulating peptides produced by breast cancer cells may someday replace mammography, which is recommended for women aged 40 and older on an annual basis. More...
25 Nov 2013

New Molecular Standards Facilitate Assay Development, Validation, and Monitoring

A new line of microbial molecular standards includes 13 standards for microorganisms that are difficult to grow or cannot be cultured, such as Cryptosporidium and Norovirus.

 

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25 Nov 2013
Image: Micrograph of cryptitis in a case of Inflammatory Bowel Disease from a colonic biopsy of the mucosa (Photo courtesy of Nephron).

Diagnostic Blood Test Determines Irritable Bowel Syndrome

A blood test could easily determine whether a patient is suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome, eliminating the need for extensive and expensive dialogistic testing in order to rule out more serious conditions like Inflammatory Bowel Disease.   More...
21 Nov 2013
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