Researchers at University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Develop Urine Test That Detects Head and Neck Cancer
Proof-of-concept study may eventually lead to new clinical laboratory urine tests for fast, non-invasive detection of cancer Here is the latest example of researchers finding useful biomarkers in urine for diagnosing certain cancers. The discovery comes from the...
Linköping University/University of Florida Study Finds Gut Bacteria May Affect Developing Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Infants
Further research could eventually lead to clinical laboratory biomarkers and screening tests to identify infants whose gut bacteria may predispose them to neurodevelopment disorders later in life Microbiologists and clinical laboratory scientists working with gut...
Multiple Medical Teams Use Apple Vision Pro XR Headset During Surgical Procedures, Signaling Emergence of Extended Reality Applications in Healthcare
Technology like Apple’s VR/AR headsets may prove useful to clinical laboratories in accessioning and in pathology labs during biopsy grossing In what has been billed as a first, medical teams in the US and UK used Apple’s Extended Reality (XR) Vision Pro headset...
Pharmacy Benefit Management Company Executives Testify Before Congress on Drug Pricing Practices and Market Manipulation
Because of their big share of patient prescriptions, the three largest PBMs are about to undergo scrutiny via Congressional reports and looming lawsuits that call out questionable practices Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are finding themselves under scrutiny from...
WHO/IARC Study Projects Increase of 77% in Global Cancer Cases by 2050, Reports 20 Million Global Cancer Cases in 2022
Predicted steady increase in the number of new cancer cases globally will stress pathologist and clinical laboratories to process specimens and issue timely cancer diagnoses to referring physicians and patients In many nations today, it is recognized that the demand...
CDC, FDA Warn Providers about Critical Shortage of Becton Dickinson Blood Culture Media Bottles
Shortage could disrupt the ability of clinical laboratories in hospitals and health systems to run certain tests for bloodstream infections US clinical laboratories may soon experience a “disruption of availability” of BACTEC blood culture media bottles distributed by...
California Genetic Testing Company Settles with FTC, California Attorney General for Deceptive Marketing Practices
Settlement is a reminder to all clinical laboratories that state and federal DOJs and AGs are willing to file actions against genetic testing companies that intentionally mislead the public California’s Attorney General, in cooperation with the Federal Trade...
Amazon One Medical Call Centers Found Wanting in Washington Post Report
Patients concerns about the quality of care provided since Amazon acquired One Medical in 2022 can affect clinical laboratory testing for those providers Recently, The Washington Post reported on leaked documents that appear to indicate Amazon’s One Medical primary...
At-Home Paper Influenza Test Differentiates Strains, Gives Hope for Improved Screening and Surveillance of Viral Outbreaks
Researchers used CRISPR-based assays to develop new clinical laboratory point-of-care blood test which boasts accuracy, affordability, and accessibility Here’s a novel use of paper as clinical laboratory test media. Researchers at Princeton University in New Jersey,...
Researchers in China Develop AI-powered Tool That Can Diagnose Three Cancers Using a Drop of Dried Blood
Use of artificial intelligence in clinical laboratory testing could improve the diagnosis of cancer worldwide In a proof of concept study, scientists at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China have developed a clinical laboratory test that utilizes artificial...
Mayo Clinic Scientists Use Chemical Analysis of Beethoven’s Hair to Determine Lead Poisoning May Have Contributed to Composer’s Hearing Loss and Other Health Ailments
Results of an earlier study in which locks of Beethoven’s hair underwent genetic analysis showed the composer ‘had a predisposition for liver disease and became infected with hepatitis B’ Here is an example of modern technologies being used with “historical...
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Researchers Develop Implantable ‘Lab in a Patient’ to Test Effectiveness of Brain Cancer Drugs
Scientists reported positive Phase 1 trial results of their “intratumoral microdevice” in patients with glioma tumors Here is an example of new microtechnology which has the potential to greatly shorten the time and improve the ability of physicians to determine which...
University of Cincinnati Pathologist Develops Speedier Tissue Processing for Small Biopsies
Syringe-based technique is disposable and enables clinical laboratories to process small biopsies in about two hours instead of overnight and with significantly less waste Histotechnologists and clinical laboratory managers know that the standard method of processing...
Fred Hutch Researchers Identify Oral Bacteria That Appear to Play a Role in Certain Colon Cancers
Discovery highlights how ongoing microbiome research points to new opportunities that can lead to development of more effective cancer screening clinical laboratory tests New research from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle once again demonstrates that the...
UPMC Researchers Develop Biomarkers That Identify Biological Age While Also Predicting Disease Risk
Scientists turned to metabolomics to find cause of biological aging and release index of 25 metabolites that predict healthy and rapid agers Researchers at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have identified...
Woman Performs Do-it-yourself Fecal Transplant to Relieve Symptoms of IBS, Gets Donor’s Acne
Clinical laboratory scientists and microbiologists could play a role in helping doctors explain to patients the potential dangers of do-it-yourself medical treatments Be careful what you wish for when you perform do-it-yourself (DIY) medical treatments. That’s the...
Dutch Patient with Longest COVID-19 Case of 612 Days Had More than 50 SARS-CoV-2 Mutations Before He Died
Study of the 50 Omicron variants could lead to new approaches to clinical laboratory testing and medical treatments for long COVID Patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 can usually expect the COVID-19 illness to subside within a couple of weeks. However, one Dutch patient...
History of the Clinical Laboratory Critical Values Reporting System
Development of the Critical Values system redefined what STAT means in clinical laboratory testing turnaround times Where did the concept of critical values and having clinical laboratories report them to referring physicians originate? How did the concept blossom...
Researchers Find That Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Can Persist in the Body for Years
Study results from Switzerland come as clinical laboratory scientists seek new ways to tackle the problem of antimicrobial resistance in hospitals Microbiologists and clinical laboratory scientists engaged in the fight against antibiotic-resistant (aka, antimicrobial...
Yale University’s Mobile Clinical Laboratory Provides Free Medical Tests to Underserved Communities in Connecticut
Clinical laboratories nationwide could follow Yale’s example and enact programs to bring much needed lab services to traditionally underserved communities Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic drove up demand for telehealth medical services, mobile clinical laboratories...
Endocrine Society Releases New Guidelines Advising Physicians to Not Screen for Vitamin D, which Could Affect Test Referrals to Clinical Laboratories
New guidelines also advise people to limit their vitamin D supplementation to recommended daily doses Clinical laboratories may eventually receive fewer doctors’ orders for vitamin D testing thanks to new guidelines released by the Endocrine Society. The new Clinical...
FDA Grants Marketing Authorization to First Ever AI-Powered SaMD Diagnostic Tool for Sepsis That Shares Patient’s Risk within 24 Hours and Works with EHRs
Infection control teams and clinical laboratory managers may want to look at this new product designed to improve the diagnosis and treatment of sepsis Accurate and fast diagnosis of sepsis for patients arriving in emergency departments is the goal of a new product...
University College London Study Shows Direct-to-Consumer DNA Tests Not Reliable in Assessing Disease Risk
Regulatory agencies in UK and US have yet to address dangers inherent in customer misunderstanding of DTC medical laboratory genetic test results Direct-to-consumer (DTC) medical laboratory genetic tests are gaining popularity across the globe. But recent research out...
Harvard and Google Scientists Studying Connectomics Create Massive Highly Detailed 3D Nanoscale Model of Human Neural Tissue
Ten year collaboration between Google and Harvard may lead to a deeper understanding of the brain and new clinical laboratory diagnostics With all our anatomic pathology and clinical laboratory science, we still do not know that much about the structure of the brain....
Johns Hopkins Research Team Uses Machine Learning on DNA “Dark Matter” in Blood to Identify Cancer
Findings could lead to new biomarkers clinical laboratories would use for identifying cancer in patients and monitoring treatments As DNA “dark matter” (the DNA sequences between genes) continues to be studied, researchers are learning that so-called “junk DNA”...
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