Medical Laboratory Articles
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Biorepository Safety
What is a Biorepository? A biorepository, or "biobank", is a specialized facility designed to store, archive, and distribute biological samples for research or clinical purposes. Biorepositories house biological samples, such as blood, plasma, urine, saliva, tissues, DNA, and organs, among other specimen types, collected from consenting individuals. Critical associated information, including ...
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What is a Liquid Nitrogen Storage Tank and What is it Used for?
A liquid nitrogen (LN2) storage tank is typically a multi walled vessel which features a high vacuum between the walls to provide excellent thermal insulation. Such vessels are often used in cold chain storage and transport applications. When the vessel is used to store or transport cryogenic liquids (such as liquid nitrogen or liquid helium) only, then the vessel is known as a liquid nitrogen ...
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The Power of Digital Pathology: Why Labs Everywhere Should Make the Switch
Pathology as it is practiced today in labs around the world is not all that different from the pathology of the 19th century. The microscope has changed relatively little since then, and Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) stained slides remain the bread and butter of the pathologist. Yet it is not for lack of technological development; in recent years, digital pathology whole slide scanners, digital ...
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EpiFinder Takes a 5,504-Mile Road Trip to Share Its Mission
In late November, EpiFinder Co-Founder Neel Mehta and Creative Officer Kristi Kietzmann left Arizona for a cross-country road trip. The journey from Arizona to Washington D.C. covered 5,504 miles over 22 days. At Washington D.C., CEO Robert Yao and other team members joined them for the 71s American Epilepsy Society (AES) conference. There, the team held 3 days of exhibits and presented. Why ...
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INOVIQ (ASX:IIQ) signs agreement with Nicoya Lifesciences to develop SubB2M-based test
INOVIQ (IIQ) signs a contract research agreement with Nicoya Lifesciences to develop a SubB2M-based test that uses its Alto digital surface plasmon resonance (SPR) platform The company believes a SubB2M-based SPR test has the potential to be developed as a multi-cancer detection test that first detects the Neu5Gc cancer signal Under the agreement, INOVIQ will pay an agreed cost for the work ...
By INOVIQ Ltd
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Nanostics Announces Study Data Supporting ClarityDX Prostate as a Reflex Test to Predict Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer
Real-world data shows that at a 94% sensitivity level for prostate cancer ClarityDX Prostate® is 147% more specific than the PSA test for predicting clinically significant prostate cancer. Using ClarityDX Prostate® as a reflex test vs. PSA test alone could have resulted in 37% fewer unnecessary biopsies. The clinical study recruited men from two sites in Alberta, Canada, and one site ...
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INOVIQ study validates the use of SubB2M as an aid in diagnosing malignant melanoma
Data from 144 tissue samples in the feasibility study demonstrated that SubB2M immunohistochemistry detected melanoma with 91% sensitivity and discriminated between malignant melanoma and benign skin lesions. SubB2M-based immunohistochemistry applications represent a new product opportunity for SubB2M in the $1.9b immunohistochemistry market. INOVIQ Ltd (ASX:IIQ) has successfully completed ...
By INOVIQ Ltd
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Nanostics Announces the Launch of its Bladder Cancer Clinical Study Identifying Disease Predictors for Early Detection of Bladder Cancer
Clinical study launched in June 2022 with patient recruitment in Alberta with plans to expand to further sites across North America. The aim of the study is to validate a novel and minimally invasive liquid biopsy test for bladder cancer diagnosis using Nanostics’ ClarityDX® diagnostic platform. The study is supported in part by the Alberta Innovates AICE-Concepts Program with a ...
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Sample Management Best Practices
With Genemod's industry-leading freezer management software, you can now set up proactive alerts to help you stay on top of inventory and place orders to replenish your supplies. Optimizing your sample management will increase your productivity and save time and money. Read on to find out about best practices. What is Sample Management? Sample management refers to an individual laboratory ...
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Acibadem Hospitals Digital Pathology Project - Case study
Virasoft provides digital pathology systems that optimize the pathology workflow with digital slide management, slide viewing and quantitative image analysis for Acibadem Hospitals pathology laboratories. In partnership with Acibadem Hospitals and Virasoft, artificial intelligence projects are being developed for several cancer diagnosis. Digital Pathology System ViraCenter is an integrated ...
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Automated Cell Segmentation and Spot Detection in Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization Staining to Assess HER2 Status in Breast Cancer
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) approach is constituted of a pair of complementary techniques for precisely detecting gene amplification and over-expression which are regarded as signs of cancer in patients. Signal detection of FISH whole slides is extremely significant as enables to detect amplification situation. However, nuclei detection and segmentation of FISH slides through ...
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Automatically Diagnosing HER2 Amplification Status for Breast Cancer Patients Using Large FISH Images
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a technique that prepares acceptable results for molecular imaging biomarkers to precisely and dependably detect and diagnose disorders which are sign of cancers. Since contemporary manual FISH signal analysis is low-effective and inconsistent, it is an attractive research area to develop automated FISH image scanning systems and computer-aided ...
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CPT Codes: An Exciting Step Forward for Digital Pathology
Digital pathology has been rising in popularity over the past few years, thanks to the many efficiencies it offers pathologists. Now, the American Medical Association (AMA) has recognized this shift by announcing the introduction of 13 new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for digital pathology, set to go into effect in January 2023. The codes are Category III, defined as a ...
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A Brown pathology professor may have developed a revolutionary new approach to battling one of the world’s deadliest diseases
Jonathan “Jake” Kurtis was riding a night train from Nairobi to Mombasa when he first began to feel sick. Then a 20-year-old Brown junior, Kurtis had gone to the restaurant car for a curry and stayed up late drinking beer with some Americans he’d met. By the time he got back to his sleeper car, he had a vicious headache. “I thought God had visited upon me a righteous ...
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What is an IVD Medical Device? Mic Provides a Compact Option
The global COVID-19 pandemic has spurred on a new demand for diagnostic equipment and products in the race to minimise spread. Airports, workplaces, border checkpoints, hospitals and countless other facilities - they’ve all needed accurate qPCR testing capabilities. ...
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Developing Research and Medical Diagnostic Products
The demand for research and MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC products grows annually. Because medical diagnostic devices are used in the testing, treatment, prevention, monitoring, studying, and diagnosis of diseases and other biological human conditions, companies that develop and manufacture such diagnostic products are well positioned to serve an important and vital role in health and healthcare, the ...
By BMP Medical
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A slide stainer for hematology: IUL’s PolyStainer
Slide staining can be tedious, and guarantee the same standards in quality from the first to the last slide is challenging. To solve this, the automatization of the process can be a solution. However, slide stainers for hematology can be expensive and tricky to use. The haemato-pathologist should ensure a good quality smear, thorough examination, and proper interpretation in line with ...
By IUL S.A.
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How NorDx Laboratories includes PCS in focus on quality for over 20 years - Case Study
What started as two local businesses supporting each other has grown into a valuable decade-spanning relationship based on the common goals of reliable patient test results. Increased Quality >20 Years using Artel NorDx has been using Artel technology to ensure pipette quality and compliance since the 1990s. Increased Organization 100s of pipettes across 12 sites NorDx values the PCS to ...
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New Demand for Medical Devices also Increases Interest in Durable PTFE Products
General interest in the availability, efficiency and reliability of medical devices has never been so high. As with most things these days, this can be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. Close to the core of medical device performance are PTFE tubing and FEP sheets, both of which offers a huge array of medical sector applications. These items are essential in reducing the effects of friction ...
By Fluorostore
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Waste anesthetic gas analysis improves health care environment across US southwest
Gasmet gas analysis technology is enabling US health system provider Banner Health to test its clinical and non-clinical facilities more effectively, protecting employees and patients, improving work practices, and reducing costs. Recognized as one of the leading health systems in the US, nonprofit Banner Health is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona and operates 29 hospitals - including three ...
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