Follow
Clinical Laboratory
In a clinical laboratory, tests are done on patient specimens, such as blood, biopsies, and other bodily fluids, to gather information regarding the general health, aiding in diagnosis and potential treatment or disease prevention.
OCT 22, 2019 | 10:00 AM
DATE: October 22, 2019TIME: 10:00am PDTNext-generation sequencing (NGS) is quickly becoming the go-to tool for testing labs looking to bring on additional clinically relevant tests requ...
OCT 22, 2019 | 9:00 AM
DATE: October 22, 2019 TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00PM EDT...
OCT 22, 2019 | 8:00 AM
Calprotectin is a member of the S100 family of calcium binding proteins, being a hetero dimmer of S100A8/9 and accounts for 60% of the protein in the cytoplasm of neutrophils. It is released...
OCT 17, 2019 | 10:00 AM
DATE: October 17, 2019TIME: 10:00am PDTNext generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized molecular diagnostic testing. It is important to note that, as with many molecular diagnost...
OCT 16, 2019 | 10:00 AM
DATE: October 16, 2019TIME: 9:00am PDTManual titrations can be extremely challenging and frustrating, impeding your efficiency in the lab. More importantly, these issues can lead to inc...
OCT 16, 2019 | 8:00 AM
DATE: October 15, 2019TIME: 8:00am PDTIon mobility-mass spectrometry (IM/MS) is a rapid, gas-phase separation technique that has become an integral part of the analytical repertoire of t...
OCT 15, 2019 | 10:00 AM
DATE: October 15, 2019TIME: 10:00am PDTAdvances in Next-Generation Sequencing technologies as well as bioinformatic tools have advanced our ability to research and explore both human...
OCT 10, 2019 | 1:30 PM
Metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) refractory to secondary hormonal treatments such as enzalutamide or abiraterone acetate are the most lethal of prostate cancers. In thi...
OCT 10, 2019 | 12:00 PM
Tumor mutational burden (TMB) is an emerging biomarker that correlates with response to immunotherapeutic agents, such as checkpoint inhibitors. Recent studies indicate that a high mutation l...
OCT 10, 2019 | 10:30 AM
Accumulation of structural variations (SVs) across the genome is a known trigger factor for oncogenesis. Structural mutations have been clearly implicated in a number of cancers, most notably...
OCT 10, 2019 | 10:30 AM
Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common bone tumor in pediatric and adolescent/young adult patients. Over the past three decades, significant improvements in the survival rates or therapeutic ap...
OCT 10, 2019 | 9:00 AM
Copy-number alterations and chromosomal translocations are widespread in cancer and frequently causing oncogenic mutations that drive tumorigenesis and therapy resistance. Despite their preva...
OCT 10, 2019 | 9:00 AM
Blockade of CTLA-4 and PD-1, members of the B7/CD28 family, have proven to be the most successful cancer immunotherapies to date. While the current therapeutic focus remains on B7/CD28 family...
OCT 09, 2019 | 12:00 PM
The introduction of robot-assisted surgical technology into urological practice, has introduced new horizons for reducing the morbidity and enhancing the efficacy of surgery. Open radical cys...
