VOLUME 21 - ISSUE 1 | March 2023COVER STORY

Pathology & Infectious Disease

Innovative Research and Diagnostic Tools

Technology

Photograph of lab personnel looking at clinical flow cytometry results on the FACSLyric software, displayed on monitors in front of them in the clinical lab.

Moving Clinical Flow Cytometry Forward

A standardized approach to flow cytometry boosts accuracy, efficiency, and productivity

byBD Biosciences

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Address Your Clinical Flow Cytometry Challenges with an Automated and Standardized Workflow

Discover innovations that can help you improve and standardize clinical flow cytometry assays

byBD Biosciences

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An AI Invasion: Improving Breast Cancer Biopsies

Researchers report first-ever routine clinical use of an AI-based tool for breast cancer biopsies in a pathology lab

byMiriam Bergeret, MSc

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Can Clinical Flow Cytometry Gating Analysis Be Automated?

Unsupervised and supervised algorithms can improve the efficiency and reproducibility of flow cytometric analysis

byZahraa Chorghay, PhD

Management

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Clinical Laboratory Solutions for Decentralized Clinical Trials

At-home sample collection and testing can fuel the fast growth of decentralized research

byMorgana Moretti, PhD

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7 Steps to Succession Planning in Clinical Labs

A detailed step-by-step guide to succession planning for clinical laboratory leaders

byKathryn Golab, MLS(ASCP)CM

Insight

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Guidelines Must Change to Make Transfusion Medicine Gender Inclusive

Current blood transfusion guidelines pose significant concerns for transgender and nonbinary people and need to be updated

byCarlo Ledesma, MS, MLS(ASCP)SH, DLM, QLS, MLS(AMT)

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Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Clinical Microbiologist?

Scientist who helped decode SARS-CoV-2 in Canada shares what it takes to be a clinical microbiologist during a pandemic

byMaría Carla Rosales Gerpe, MSc, PhD

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Lab Grad to Lab Pro in 4 Easy Steps

How medical lab students can leverage social media to land their first job before and after graduation

byTiffany Gill, MA, MLS(ASCP)CM

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Do COVID-19 Vaccines Affect Menstruation?

More evidence suggests that COVID-19 vaccines may impact menstrual cycles

byMaría Carla Rosales Gerpe, MSc, PhD

Lab personnel, seated near a microscope, examines immunohistochemistry slide with her gloved hand, prior to placing the cancer specimen under the microscope.

Can Immunohistochemistry Assays Be Standardized for Cancer Detection?

New synthetic immunohistochemistry reference standards could enable semiquantitative tumor analysis for emerging immunotherapies

byZahraa Chorghay, PhD

Regulatory

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Revised ISO 15189 Standards Place More Focus on Mitigating Risk, Patient Care

Clinical labs will have three years to transition from the current to the revised standard

byKimberly Scott