Molecular Diagnostics: Molecular diagnostic tests detect specific sequences in DNA or RNA that may or may not be associated with disease, including single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), deletions, rearrangements, insertions and others. By analysing the specifics of the patient and their disease, molecular diagnostics offers the prospect of personalized medicine. These tests are useful in a range of medical specialisms, including infectious disease, oncology, human leucocyte antigen typing, coagulation, and pharmacogenomics-the genetic prediction of which drugs will work best.
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Point-of-care testing (POCT) is destined to play a much greater role in chronic disease diagnosis and management. Advanced POCT systems are being developed to deliver less costly and more ac...
The opioid crisis has put significant strain on the healthcare system and resources, including the clinical laboratory which has seen significant increases in requests for urine drug screeni...
Patient laboratory test results are significantly over-represented in electronic medical records, but significantly under-utilized in research. An important application of laboratory data is...
Date: November 10, 2020 Time: 5:00am (PST), 8:00am (EST), 2:00pm (CET) Dr. Stefan Zimmermann will talk about the use of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy for fast and reliable typing o...
DATE: November 3, 2020 TIME: 6:00am PDT Susceptibility profiles of anaerobes to antimicrobials have become unpredictable, thus reliable and user-friendly methods for routine susceptibility t...
Date: November 2, 2020 Time: 8:00am PST. Rapid and accurate microbial diagnostic information can change treatment courses and outcomes for patients inflicted with infections. The limitation...
DATE: October 27th, 2020 TIME: 8:00am PT Molecular diagnostic assay development and design is no simple task, and several factors affect the performance and usability of a test. Diagnostic c...
Precision oncology continues to evolve as additional clinically relevant biomarkers are identified. The challenges facing both diagnostic laboratories and clinicians include not only the abi...
Precision oncology continues to evolve as additional clinically relevant biomarkers are identified. The challenges facing the clinical researchers include not only the ability to add additio...