The kidney is one of the human vital organs which is responsible for filtering the blood and getting rid of the waste products. Each kidney is about 4 or 5 inches long, roughly the size of a large fist. The kidneys' job is to filter your blood.
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Inflammation is associated with cognitive decline and the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, although exact pathways remain elusive. To further explore the role of inflammation, we uti...
DEC 07, 2023 | 10:00 AM
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Lateral flow assay applications have become increasingly diverse in a post-pandemic world, and the areas of infectious disease and oncology continue to be at the forefront. In both areas, th...
In this talk we will explore the application of Multiplexed Error-Robust Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (MERFISH) technology to decode spatially regulated disease drivers in human heart...
AUG 01, 2023 | 9:00 AM
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Testing for abnormal immunoglobulins was based previously on serum electrophoresis and immunofixation only. In the last years, however, free light chain (FLC) testing in serum became one imp...
Prompt and early diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is important to enable appropriate treatment and help prevent further transmission. Clinical testing labs require STI tes...
FEB 22, 2023 | 5:30 AM
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In this project, we optimized a high-throughput fluorescent-based assay to assess transporter activity by measuring uptake of the substrate, ASP+ ï€ 4-(4-(dimethylamino)styryl)-N-methylpyridi...
FEB 21, 2023 | 10:00 AM
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Date: February 21, 2023 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST), 7:00pm (CET) The use of algorithms that alter patient medical care based on race has fallen under increasing criticism, as race-bas...
JAN 26, 2023 | 10:00 AM
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Date: January 26, 2023 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST), 7:00pm (CET) In this case-based presentation, we will describe the most common pitfalls in laboratory testing that healthcare provid...
Date: November 30 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT), Kidney function is assessed in the laboratory by measuring serum creatinine (Cr) and/or......
Date: November 08, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST), 5:00pm (CEST) While flow cytometry shines by its flexibility, it requires a high level of expertise in antibody panel development,...
Date: June 30, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT), 6:00pm (CEST) Subclinical acute rejection (SubAR) is a significant risk for kidney transplant recipients, affecting 1 in 4 patients. Ea...
The continued evolution of precision medicine from the early successes seen in Oncology to other areas of medicine, in particular, Chronic Disease Management, is dependent on the efficient t...
The quest for alternatives to animal safety testing has fueled the development, characterization, and validation of many new technologies. There have been advances in cell and tissue models...
The misfolding of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) such as tau and α-synuclein (αSyn) has been associated with the on-set and progression of Alzheimer’s (AD) and Pa...
Date: July 13, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) 1 R&D, Cell Culture & Fermentation Sciences, Bio Pharmaceutical Development, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, USA, 2 R&D, ADPE, Ce...
Date: June 17, 2021 Time: 11:00am PDT, 8:00pm CET BACKGROUND Kidney transplant recipients and patients on hemodialysis are immunocompromised populations excluded from vaccine trials. Data ar...
Date: October 15, 2020 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT) Renal transporters play an important role in potential clinical drug-drug interactions (DDIs) as highlighted in the FDA, EMA and PMDA...
Robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) has increasingly been applied to the treatment of small renal masses. Because of space limitations and the size of the robot at the patient side, the standa...