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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |