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W O R L D ’ S C L I N I C A L L A B O R AT O R Y N E W S L E A D E R Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo
ISSN 1068-1760
Vol. 34 No. 4 • 6-7/ 2017
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Simple Urine Test Helps Track ALS Progression he continued failure of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) clinical trials and the absence of therapeutic options for this fatal disease have fueled interest in the prospect that biomarkers may hold great promise for advancing therapy development efforts. Among the biological fluid–based biomarker candidates,
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Panel Establishes Biomarker Guidelines for CRC Diagnostics fter reviewing more than 4,000 articles, an expert panel has issued recommendations for testing diagnostic biomarkers in patients with early and advanced colorectal cancer. The multi-disciplinary panel was established by The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), the College of American Pathologists
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(CAP), the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) with the objective of establishing standard molecular biomarker testing of colorectal cancer (CRC) tissues to guide epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) therapies and conventional chemotherapy regimens.
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Test for Earlier Detection Of Transplant Rejection method has been discovered that appears to provide earlier warning of organ transplant rejection compared to standard methods, and requires only a blood test rather than a more invasive and painful needle biopsy. Approximately 30,000 organ transplants occur in the USA each year. However, depending on the organ type of the transplanted organs, between 20% and 50% fail within five years, most often because the recipient’s
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Diagnosis of Skin Cancer without Biopsy
breakthrough ELISA kit, based on the Haptoglobin 2-2 (Hp 2-2) protein marker, identifies diabetics at higher risk of cardiovascular disease or renal failure, thereby enabling Vitamin E treatment beneficial to them but harmful to non HP 2-2 diabetics.
esearchers have developed a noninvasive method that accurately identified skin cancer by using multiphoton microscopy to quickly detect abnormal clusters of mitochondria in skin cells. Most types of skin cancer are highly treatable, especially if detected early. “The technology developed here has the potential to make the detection of skin cancers extremely rapid and feasible at very early stages,” said
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n innovative blood culture microbial detection system is now commercially available in countries that recognize CE marking and in the USA and is the first continuously monitoring blood culture microbial detection system to offer “Load & Go” technology.
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Blood Test Predicts Effectiveness of Anti-Depression Medication
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epression and anxiety are two important mood disorders that are frequently associated with chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Hyper-inflammation is related to both CVDs and psychological conditions such as depression and anxiety. A finger-prick blood test could help doctors to choose which medication is
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most likely to succeed in treating depression as levels of C-reactive protein in the blood predict which antidepressant treatments are most likely to lead to successful outcomes in patients with depression. Scientists at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, Cont’d on page 8
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