Carrier box for nucleic acid and tissue specimens

October 9, 2018

[VIDEO] Safe Specimens, Six Sigma, A Very Safe Box: Here’s How to Use It

ARUP has experienced zero losses of specimens—including nucleic acid from DNA—sent in the laboratory’s specially designed carrier,

 ARUP medical director Dr. Marc Couturier

September 20, 2018

Syphilis Cases: Easily Treated, But Rising Every Year Since 2000, says CDC

Syphilis is highly treatable in its primary and secondary stages, but congenital syphilis (babies born with the

ARUP medical director Gwen McMillin, PhD, in her office

September 11, 2018

Putting the Precision in Medicine: Imatinib First in a Series of Cancer-Drug TDM ARUP Plans

Dr. Gwen McMillin says ARUP's new therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) for imatinib has definite patient

West Nile Virus

August 28, 2018

A Mosquito May Be to Blame for that Summer Flu: West Nile Virus’s Peak Season

It is sometimes mistaken for the summer flu—fever, chills, headache, body aches, swollen lymph nodes—but an accompanying rash may indicate a case of

Digital image of DNA

August 14, 2018

Nosebleeds And Why To Test for HHT

HHT affects more than 1.4 million people worldwide. But specialists believe this disorder characterized by abnormal blood vessel development is highly underdiagnosed.

Madison Sant demonstrates tubes holding parasites

July 19, 2018

Lab Spotlight: Finding Parasites, Sharing Knowledge

Parasites are not just picked up in hot, distant countries. The technologists at ARUP Laboratories’ Parasitology and Fecal Testing Lab see