New Genetic Test Identifies Rarer Forms of Pulmonary Hypertension, Improving Treatment and Deterring Need for Biopsy

July 26, 2016

Genetic Test Identifies Rarer Forms of Pulmonary Hypertension, Improving Treatment, Deterring Need for Biopsy

The difference between a blood sample and a lung tissue sample is significant. Until recently, this was not a choice for patients

Should We Screen for Prostate Cancer?

July 18, 2016

Should We Screen for Prostate Cancer?

Cancer screening is like fencing in an animal: the goal is to catch the cancer/animal in order to control it. The complicating factor is that cancers turn out to be highly variable in

Preventing Childhood Deaths from Infectious Diseases: ARUP Scientist Awarded Prestigious Gates Foundation Grant

May 27, 2016

Preventing Childhood Deaths from Infectious Diseases: ARUP Scientist Awarded Gates Foundation Grant

ARUP Laboratories Medical Director Robert Schlaberg, MD, Dr Med, MPH, will be the Principal Investigator for a project to help decrease the high

Changing How Infectious Diseases Are Diagnosed with New Metagenomics Pathogen Detection Tool

May 26, 2016

Changing How Infectious Diseases Are Diagnosed with New Metagenomics Pathogen Detection Tool

Dr. Robert Schlaberg co-developed Taxonomer, a new kind of pathogen identification tool driven by sophisticated genomic analysis and

It Must Be In the Cells: Three Generations of Histologists

April 6, 2016

It Must Be In the Cells: Three Generations of Histologists

“She told God, “If you get me walking, I’ll never lie down again,’” recalls Gina Anderson of her grandmother, Callie Cooling, whose battle with tuberculosis (TB) of the spine in

Within Six Families, a Path to Personalized Treatment for an Immune Disorder

March 17, 2016

Within Six Families, a Path to Personalized Treatment for an Immune Disorder

When Dr. Harry Hill learned that his patient had relatives with similar symptoms, he saw an opportunity to define her condition.