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 the 1930s sparked a determination to make the most of her life. |
|
March 21, 2016 |
Can More Self-Compassion Improve Your Health and Productivity? Every month, the ARUP Wellness team presents health-based topics to support employees in their efforts to take care of themselves. |
|
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. Hill is a medical director at ARUP Laboratories, a nonprofit reference laboratory of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology, where he is a professor of pathology and pediatrics, as well as an adjunct professor of internal medicine. Low immune B cells, mutations in IKAROS, define a new class of |
|
March 14, 2016 |
Congressman Stewart Learns About LDTs and Impact of FDA Regulation During a Tour of ARUP While recently touring Salt Lake City-based ARUP Laboratories, Utah Congressman Chris Stewart witnessed one of the country’s largest national reference laboratories in action. |
|
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 inheritance. |
|
February 22, 2016 |
Utah Medical Center Project Echoes ARUP’s Lab Utilization Efforts A recent quality improvement project conducted at the University of Utah Medical Center (published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine) shows how to cut down on unnecessary laboratory tests. |