May 15, 2017


A breast cancer survivor is shown here; a wide range of cancers are tested at ARUP.

April 26, 2017

Gwen McMillin, PhD, ARUP Laboratories, finds drug backstories: how pharmaceuticals and other substances metabolize in patients’ bodies.

April 18, 2017


ARUP Scientist Julie Ray, PhD, investigated the effects of certain pain medications on men and women’s hormonal levels.

April 11, 2017


A new machine/robot called the Data Matrix Scanner is going to automate a lab’s procedures to test for cholesterol particles at high volume and without the messy turns

April 4, 2017

ARUP has someone working the evening or graveyard shift every day to keep up with the steady flow of incoming specimens and ensure rapid testing turnaround times.

March 28, 2017

Even when there is no family history of CF, a person can be a carrier without knowing it. Identifying disease-causing mutations by carrier testing may people find out they are a carrier of CF.

March 21, 2017

Vascular anomalies are often the result of abnormal development in blood vessels. About one in 5,000 people experiences some kind of vascular anomaly, sometimes as an inherited condition.

March 14, 2017


You may have seen zebrafish in aquariums: small, striped, darting fish, originally found in slow streams and rice paddies in the Indian subcontinent.

March 6, 2017

There are many strep species, and fortunately, most are treatable with antibiotics. They exist as microscopic spheres and other unseen shapes on and below our own surfaces.

February 22, 2017

If a genetic disorder is found early in a young child, the person can be monitored and a healthy life may result.

February 13, 2017

Not all hearts need love (or roses) this Valentine’s Day. Some need blood.

February 8, 2017

Around the U.S., infants entered the world full of life. Those new babies received a heel prick to test their blood and metabolism for abnormalities. That routine is all about early detection.