Serum is the fluid and solute component of blood which does not play a role in clotting. It may be defined as blood plasma without fibrinogens. A serum is a liquid that is injected into someone's blood to protect them against a poison or disease.
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Alamar NULISAseq is a novel commercial platform for highly multiplexed analysis of soluble proteins using a modified proximity ligation assay. We compared Luminex, Olink, and NULISAseq platf...
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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...
There is a great variability in testing for monoclonal gammopathies. During his presentation, Dr. David F. Keren, MD, Clinical Professor of Pathology at University of Michigan Health, descri...
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In the emergency department, distinguishing between bacterial and viral infections can be challenging, leading to inappropriate use of antibiotics that may contribute to the development of b...
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Date: March 28, 2023 Time: 3:30am (PDT), 6:30am (EDT), 12:30pm (CEST) Biofluid-based neurological biomarkers have shown promise in helping to improve diagnostic accuracy, predict disease pro...
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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...
Date: November 30 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT), Kidney function is assessed in the laboratory by measuring serum creatinine (Cr) and/or......
COVID-19 remains a global health emergency with limited treatment options, lagging vaccine rates, and inadequate healthcare resources in the face of an ongoing calamity. The disease is chara...
Date: June 01, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT), 6:00pm (CEST) The manufacturing process for cell and gene therapies is complex and can contain process-related impurities from multiple...
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNAs with an average size of 22 nucleotides that regulate gene expression through various mechanisms. During the last decade, researchers have identified over 26...
In the last decades, the upstream processing in biopharma industry has been revolutionized regarding the production of bioactive materials such as monoclonal antibodies, proteins and biother...
Date: March 30, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT), 5:00pm (CEDT) Learn how to make the switch: Join us to discover the benefits of Chemically Defined Media conditions over serum-free an...
Date: March 1, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST) Dr. David F Keren currently serves as a Professor of Pathology at the University of Michigan (Michigan Medicine). Dr. Keren received his...
Cancer still accounts for nearly 1 in every 4 deaths worldwide. New immunotherapies have the power to induce durable responses in patients with fatal cancers, but only a small percentage of...
Date: December 14, 2021 Time: 6:00am (PST), 9:00am (EST) Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus and is a leading cause of acute viral hepatitis worldwide. The...
Date: September 23, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT) Western blotting and other immunological protein-analytical methods are widely used for detecting and (semi-)quantifying specific p...
Emerging data from several expansive clinical trials indicates that common chronic vascular risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and age increase the risk of stroke and deme...