A Chance to Reduce Unneeded Blood Tests
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Alert in doctors’ ordering system about scarce supplies leads to 29 percent drop in blood clotting tests
Blood Test
Mayo Researchers Affirm Useful Blood Biomarker for Group of Brain Disorders
Mayo Clinic
Research further supports protein in the blood as a biomarker for patients diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia
Empowering Pathologists by Bringing Reference Standards to IHC
Steve Bogen, MD, PhD
The Consortium for Analytic Standardization in IHC is dedicated to improving IHC test accuracy and reproducibility
Inappropriate Use of Clinical Practices
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Study identifies 228 clinical practices that are not being used appropriately in Canada
Blood Test for Alzheimer’s Highly Accurate in Large, International Study
Washington University School of Medicine
Test is up to 93 percent accurate at identifying people at risk of Alzheimer's dementia
New Detailed Immune-Profiling Method Uses Only DNA from Blood
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
A novel immune-profiling method potentially allows for individualized prediction of outcomes in immunotherapy patients
Shifting Toward Point-of-Care and At-Home Hematology Diagnostics
Avishay Bransky, PhD
The pandemic has led to a renewed interest in robust, portable diagnostics
Elizabeth Holmes, Former CEO of Theranos, Convicted of Fraud
Ian Black, MsComm, MSc
After a months-long trial, Holmes has been found guilty of defrauding investors
Researchers Identify Biomarker for Depression, Antidepressant Response
University of Illinois at Chicago
A proof of concept study identifies a biomarker in human platelets that tracks the extent of depression
Blood Collection Tubes as Sources of Preanalytical Error
Catherine Crawford-Brown, MSc, MScComm
Even standard components can affect assay results