Misty Segrest stands outside among trees and ornamental grasses.

Misty Segrest was diagnosed with indolent systemic mastocytosis after a decade-long search for relief from itchy, red bumps on her skin. The diagnosis and treatment brought both relief and renewed quality of life.

A Decade Without Answers: The Cancer Diagnosis That Changed Her Life for the Better

After years of itchy, red bumps that made her skin feel as if ants were crawling across it, Misty Segrest has her life back—thanks in part to ultrasensitive laboratory testing and targeted treatment.

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One Got It, One Didn’t: A Newborn Test Determines Different Trajectories in the Lives of 2 Siblings

“She smiled a lot, crawled at a year, walked at 18 months—this was slow but not alarming. It wasn’t enough to make a pediatrician seek out testing,” said Heidi Wallis about her oldest child, Samantha (affectionately known as Sam).

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A young boy with glasses gets his blood drawn

ARUP Supports Clinicians With Broad Menu, Expert Guidance in Pediatric Laboratory Medicine

An industry leader in validating pediatric-specific reference intervals for test results interpretation, ARUP also has a record of advancing innovation in diagnostics across pediatric specialties.

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Cal Taylor sits with the help of an adult. Tubes run down his chest.

Photo credit: Anne Taylor

Cal Taylor sits for a portrait. Cal’s very rare muscle disease was diagnosed by the NeoSeq team within weeks of his birth.

The Search for Cal’s Diagnosis: How ARUP Laboratories and U of U Health Genetics Gave a Family Answers

The Utah NeoSeq Project, a collaboration between ARUP Laboratories and University of Utah Health, is transforming neonatal care using rapid whole genome sequencing (rWGS).

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Sherin Shaaban, MD, PhD, MSci, FACMG, sits at her desk in her office.

Sherin Shaaban, MD, PhD, MSci, FACMG, ARUP medical director of Pharmacogenomics and Molecular Genetics, is the expert overseeing two ARUP tests that detect nine well-studied variants of DPYD.

Genetic Testing Gains Ground: DPYD Genotyping Can Be a Lifesaving Step Before Chemotherapy

A patient’s insistence on DPYD genotyping before chemotherapy highlights growing support for broader testing to prevent severe or fatal drug toxicity in patients.

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The Jones family playing together on the floor

45 Is the New 50. She Was 29 Years Old When Colon Cancer Changed Her Life

Annual fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) screen for colorectal cancer, use an at-home collection kit, and do not require patient prep like colonoscopies do. Gillian Jones credits a doctor who ordered a colorectal cancer screening test with saving her life.

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