New Genetic Mutation Discovery Sheds Light on Anemia Disease

March 2, 2016

New Genetic Mutation Discovery Sheds Light on Anemia Disease

Using whole exome sequencing, Rong Mao, MD, and Pinar Bayrak-Toydemir, MD, PhD, discovered a new genetic mutation on the PIEZ01 gene linked to hemolytic anemia with autosomal dominant

Gwen McMillin stands in a laboratory.

February 9, 2016

Advancing Precision Medicine Through Pharmacogenetics: Updated Test Prevents Adverse Drug Reactions

Adverse drug reactions cause more than 700,000 ER visits each year, with some 120,000 patients needing to be hospitalized for further treatment

Four Million Views and Climbing: Why Is This Lab Test Directory So Popular?

February 4, 2016

Four Million Views and Climbing: Why Is This Lab Test Directory So Popular?

Gateway provides a centralized online location that allows clients to access all their tests, making it easier for clinicians, phlebotomists, and lab personnel to find

A Microbiologist’s Approach to Identifying & Avoiding Food Poisoning

January 26, 2016

A Microbiologist’s Approach to Identifying & Avoiding Food Poisoning

Chipotle is in the midst of a restaurant’s nightmare, as it contends with the consequences of three major foodborne outbreaks this past year involving the pathogens

Mary P. Bronner, MD

November 5, 2015

Breakthrough Technology Spurs New Test for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients

For a patient battling lung cancer, the discomforts and risks of undergoing repeated biopsies, surgeries, and radiologic scans can now be replaced by a far less

Kidney Stones: Very Scary True Stories. And Entombed Mysteries.

October 1, 2015

Kidney Stones: Very Scary True Stories. And Entombed Mysteries.

It woke me up in the middle of the night. It left me gasping and sobbing. Screaming. Someone was sticking a knife in me and slowly turning it.