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Dade Behrings (hsCRP) Tests and BNTM Series Analyzers
...eased risk of having a cardiovascular eventeven in the face of normal LDL levelsin several studies. CRP is created by the liver during systemic infection, and is an acute inflammatory marker. While CRP testing has been aro...Monitoring Patient Glucose Levels: New Advances in software make it easier
Monitoring patient glucose levels and determining the response to intervention is critical when working ...y established by clinical trials conducted in both the U.S. and the UK1. Self- monitoring by patients of glucose levels, and the data provided is especiall...New Advances in Gastric Diagnostics: Smaller is Better
...turization has opened up exciting possibilities in the area of gastric diagnostics. New technology may ma...allowing a vitamin pill-sized encapsulated unit in the not-too-far future, and the present reality is that these units are becoming valuable adjuncts to tr...Digital vs. Analog Mammography
...between analog and digital mammography units, with the latter rapidly gaining ground in imaging centers around the country. As of late 2003, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had cleared four digital mammo...Point of Care Strep Tests Speed Treatment, Lower Costs
...a-hemolytic group A streptococcus (S. pyogenes) is the most common bacterial agent associated with upper ...streptococcal pharyngitis has been shown to reduce the severity of symptoms and further complications such as rheumatic fever and glomerulonephritis. Given...Rapid Whole Blood Testing for Infectious Mononucleosis Antibodies
...ch causes infectious mononucleosis (IM), is one of the most common human viruses. EBV occurs worldwide, a... infected with EBV sometime during their lives. In the United States, as many as 95 percent of adults between 35 and 40 years of age have been infected. In...Fast, Accurate Influenza A/B Antigen Detection
...Among healthy adults, bronchitis and pneumonia are the most common complications. Together, influenza and pneumonia are the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Influenza is particularly dangerous in elderly an...PSA TestingHow Much is Too Much?
For more than 20 years, the PSA test has been widely used as the gold standard for prostate cancer screening. In one of the most dramatic reversals in recent diagnos...Bench-Top Centrifuges--Basic Tools for the Small Lab
...e, however, here is a brief overview of several of the most popular bench-top models suitable for the small laboratory. All are manufactured by medical device firms with longstanding reputations for qua...When Volume Matters, Immunoassay Systems Deliver
...abled more and more laboratory testing to occur at the bedside or physicians office, the central laboratory is hardly threatened with extinction. National volume data suggest that medium an...Monitoring Options Expand for Therapeutic Agents and Drugs of Abuse
In keeping with the recent proliferation of rapid, easy-to-use diagnos..., many assays and collection products have entered the marketplace to help clinicians assess dosage appropriateness of therapeutic drugs and to screen for ...Prothrombin Time Comes in Small (CLIA-Waived) Packages
...ransferase) to help evaluate liver function. Given the broad applicability of this test, it is helpful to...veral point-of-care products are now available for the prompt, accurate determination of prothombin levels. Prothrombin time (PT) is the sole test used to...Rapid Flu Tests May Prove Especially Helpful This Season
On October 5, Chiron Corporation notified the CDC that none of its influenza vaccine (Fluvirin) would be available for distribution in the United States for the current influenza season. In the wake of this sudden removal of nearly half of...Lab Automation Networks Proliferating
Although it may still seem radically innovative in the context of many clinical laboratories, automated production in the manufacturing sector had been the norm for many years. In automobile assembly, for example, automate...Analyzers Offer Point-of-Care Lipid Panels
...etermined medical laboratory values are so much in the public eye as serum levels of good, bad, and total cholesterol, making the discussion of plasma lipid test results an opportunity for effective patient counseling and therapeu...Genetic Analysis Systems Enter the Clinical Mainstream
...ecialty laboratories, genetic analysis is entering the clinical mainstream. Smaller, simpler analyzer sys...speed and efficiency. Applied Biosystems says that the 310 Genetic Analyzer provides an ideal alternative to gel-based DNA analysis and that it enables use...Hemoglobin Testing at the Point of Care
Since the level of blood oxygenation can be an essential ele...nt assessment, measurement of hemoglobin levels in the clinical setting is often desirable. In keeping with the recent trend to incorporate sophisticated t......as become increasingly prevalent worldwide, and in the past decade or more has increased dramatically in ...uropean countries. A recent US hospital survey by the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System estimates that 55% of Staphylococcus aureus isola...Point of Care Cardiac Analyzers Yield Rapid Cardiac Marker Results
... M.D. Contributing Editor Clinical guidelines from the disciplines of cardiology and laboratory and emergency medicine have all emphasized the importance of cardiac markers in diagnosing or ruling out acute myocardial infarction. The measurem...West Nile Virus Screening and Diagnostics Technology Emerges In Step with North American Outbreak
...in late June. The CDC has released few details on the patient but has confirmed this being 2005's first documented incidence of the mosquito borne disease in the US. WNVis a positive single-stranded RNA flavivirus of about 11 kb. I...Tight Glycemic Control in the ICU
...re units (ICUs) has not improved dramatically over the past decades, despite the development of high-tech monitors and sophisticated mechanical and pharmacological support of vital ...The Past, Present and Future of HLA Typing
...e Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) region, located on the short arm of chromosome 6 (6p21.3), is a highly po...ion containing about 200 genes. The HLA region is the human equivalent of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC), and as such contains a set of genes ...New Assays to Detect Disseminated Fungal Infections
... Candida and mold Aspergillus represent two of the most important classes of fungi in clinical medici...istic infections, these fungi show an affinity for the critically ill, for example in the setting of immunosuppression, chemotherapy, transplantation, hype...Testing for Human Papillomavirus
...ather than serologic reactivity. Genital HPVs are the most prevalent sexually transmitted pathogens. Of the approximately 50 anogenital HPVs, there are a limited number of high and intermediate risk types det...Gene Chips to Detect CYP Variations: A New Step Toward Customized Medical Therapy.
...ilure in African American patients has underscored the concept that two patients can respond differently to the same medication. This concept holds true for a wide variety of everyday medications, and in many ca...Appendicitis: Evolving Tools to Diagnose a Classic Disease
...ometime in their lives. The condition occurs when the appendix, a blind pouch of intestine at the proximal colon, becomes obstructed by mucus, stool, or lymphatic tissue. Infection ensues, which ca...Breast Cancer and HER-2/neu: Diagnostic Tools for Targeted Therapy
... important progress. This is particularly true at the molecular level, where discoveries on protein expr...ostic tests and targeted therapies. An example is the finding that tumors expressing estrogen receptors (so called ER+ tumors) tend to respond to tamoxife...New Point-of-Care Methods to Measure Coronary and Cerebrovascular Risk
...School Contributing Editor Atherosclerosis is the fundamental process in coronary artery disease, st...diseases. It is responsible for more than half of the disease burden of the United States, with an annual cost of over $100 billion. This includes over 1...Avian (Bird) Flu: Is There a Role for Rapid Tests?
...iagnosis, and treatment. The virus in question is the H5N1 subtype of influenza A, which has become epid... close contact with infected birds have contracted the virus. Now that the H5N1 subtype has crossed the species barrier to humans, there is concern for hu...New Quality Control Systems for Every Laboratory Application
...l (QC) materials and procedures are key to meeting the needs of doctors and patients by verifying accurac...y's laboratories is a demanding business. Although the ideal QC material must closely resemble the human sample, providing an equivalent matrix without unn...Immunoassay Systems - Your Laboratory Workhorse
...abled more and more laboratory testing to occur at the bedside or physicians office, the central laboratory is hardly threatened with extinction. National volume data suggest that medium an...Managing Preanalytical Processes for Patient Safety
...s a major put by healthcare accrediting bodies for the past few years. Until recently, the costs associated with hardware and software were beyond the reach of the average hospital or laborat...Low-Density Cholesterol Subfractions: Not all LDL-C Particles are Created Equal
...l conventions are challenged every day. Already in the new year, the effectiveness of cold medicine and the gold standard in breast cancer treatment have been challenged...Diagnosing Diabetes: Immediate HbA1c Results Improve Glycemic Control
Beth Wegerbauer Contributing Editor According to the American Diabetes Association, the total annual economic cost of diabetes in 2002 was estimated to be $132 billion, or one out of every...Hematology Analyzers Simple, Sophisticated Technology Serving All Patients
...form of electronic hematology analyzer is found at the center of most clinical laboratories. A blood cell count is usually the first screening test used to assess general health, rule out anemia or infection, and monitor cancer...Blood Gas Analysis: The Pros and Cons of Point-Of-Care Testing
Beth Wegerbauer Contributing Editor Since the first system was invented in 1957, blood gas analy...ionized clinical medicine and patient care. During the 1960s, blood gas analysis became almost universally available, and blood gases were considered "the ...Rapid HIV Testing Increases Possibility of Treatment
...S (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) and the World Health Organization, the number of people living with HIV globally reached an estimated high of 40.3 million people in 2005, ...Choosing Lab Quality Management Software
...ch according their needs assessment. Having chosen the Lab QMS solution from software vendor SoftTech Hea...d pre-and post-change effects, including involving the IT department in the software assessment cycle, and the importance of user-friendliness in evaluatin...Near-Patient Testing: The Advantages of C-Reactive Protein in Hematological Testing
...mic rationalization becomes a necessity throughout the health care sector, it is apparent that such areas...e hematological tests that could be relocated from the clinical laboratory to the patients bedside. CBC forms an integral part of hematology and guides nu...Optimizing Quality Control Data Management
...age of licensed medical technologists. Ultimately, the laboratories that implement high-quality automatio...ter equipped to meet these modern demands. Within the context of overall laboratory automation (e.g. sample processing robotics, decision management solut...Non-Invasive Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease
...ease (CD) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease of the small intestine that is triggered in genetically susceptible persons by the ingestion of the gluten-containing grains wheat, rye, barley, and possibly oats. The condition is th...Urinalysis Analyzers: Large Capabilities in Every Size Device
...physicians office practice, can be instrumental in the detection of a wide array of ailments; UTIs, diabe...e and economically significant clinical procedure, the manufacturers of urinalysis analyzers comprise a surprisingly small group. Here are some of the late...Data Available From Erbitux Phase III Study in First-Line Treatment of Advanced Lung Cancer
...TUX(R)(Cetuximab) plus a taxane and carboplatin in the first-linetreatment for metastatic non-small cell ...mittee (IRRC). However, key secondary endpoints of the study,including response rate as assessed by the IRRC and PFS as assessedby clinical investigators, ......merican Society of Clinical Oncology has published the earlyresults of a clinical study conducted by Dr. ...-Fun Wong, and hercolleagues, which concluded that the topical gel, Regenecare(R),caused a statistically significant reduction in the pain anditching of a ...... conference call to discuss today'sannouncement of the interim results of its phase II/III RAPID trialcomparing CHOP-R to CPOP-R, in which pixantrone is substituted fordoxorubicin in standard CHOP-R, in first-line treatment of patientswith aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Co......wswire/ -- A new study suggestsstrong variation in the occurrence of anaphylaxis between thenorthern and ... vitamin D," can be found inthe July 2007 issue of the Journal of Allergy and ClinicalImmunology (JACI), the peer-reviewed journal of the AmericanAcademy o...Antisoma Announces Further Data From ASA404 Ovarian Cancer Trial
... tumour progression inthe ASA404 arm compared with the control arm * One-year survivalrates were 74% for the ASA404 arm and 92% for the control arm.Since the majority of patients in both arms were alive after ...Sygnis Pharma AG announces date for presentation of clinical results
...07 – On 23 July SYGNIS PharmaAG will present the results of the clinical phase IIa study forAX200 (AXIS-study). AX200, a compound for the treatment of stroke, is th...... July 11, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Phase 3 resultsfrom the RE-NOVATE(TM) trial demonstrated that oral dabigat... enzyme elevations andacute coronary events during the treatment or during the follow-upperiod did not differ significantly between the treatment groups.Th......ating to GlycoPEGylated recombinant Factor VIIa at the XXIstCongress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasisin Geneva, Switzerland. The data presented demons...Positive Aggrastat Results Featured in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology
...ed, biopharmaceutical company,today announced that the two-year, follow-up results from theSTRATEGY (Sing...cute MyocardialInfarction) study were published in the July edition of the Journalof the American College of Cardiology (JACC). The article, titled, "Two......l/ -- BaxterHealthcare Corporation today announced the presentation of findingsfrom the ADAPT (Analysis of Data from ADVATE(R) Prospective Trials)study program database showing a statistic......todaythat it has received very positive results in the dose finding partof its phase IIb/III clinical tri...ted in autumn 2006. BF-200ALA, a gel that combines the active substance 5-aminolevulinic acid(ALA) with the nanoemulsion BF-200, was strongly and significa...Antibiotics Don't Prevent Future Urinary Tract Infections, May Cause Resistance in Future Infections
... infection, and may actually increasethe risk that the next urinary tract infection is caused byresistant bacteria, according to a new study in the July 11 issueof the Journal of the American Medical Association. In the first large study of childr....../ -- InspirationBiopharmaceuticals today announced the presentation of preclinicaldata supporting the development of new, proprietary forms ofrecombinant Factor IX to treat patients with Hemophilia B. T......d liposome-encapsulatedfentanyl in development for the treatment of moderate to severepain, including can...al had successfully achieved its primary endpoint, the summedpain intensity difference/pain relief scores (SPRID4) during the 4hours from the start of the ...BioSante Pharmaceuticals Announces New Findings for Potential Bird Flu Vaccine
...TM), may serve as aneffective vaccine adjuvant for the development of a dose sparingvaccine against H5N1 ...magglutinationinhibition assay (HAI), which showed the clear adjuvanting effectof BioVant. After a prime and one booster ofBioVant-H5N1-combination-vaccine......NOVER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 11, 2007 - Since the May2007 release of a New England Journal of Medici...theNEJM report, though not all physicians recalled the exactpercentages. The internists, however, demonstrated the strongestnegative impact to the findings...New Information on the Potential of Plasmin Shared at ISTH Congress
... WIRE)--Jul 11,2007 - New information representing the continuing research anddevelopment program for Pla...eutics, Inc.(http://www.talecris.com) this week at the XXIst InternationalSociety for Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) Congress in Geneva,Switzerland. The...... to report data fromthis trial, known as RAPID, at the American Society of Hematology(ASH) annual meeting...ng more treatment cycles, athree-fold reduction in the incidence of severe heart damage (LVEFdecline >15 percent) was seen as well as clinically signif...Other ContentsviabilityviabilityviabilityviabilityviabilityviabilityviabilityvirionorganorganorganorganorganorganorganorganorganviralviralviralviralviralviralviralviralviralvirulencevirulencevirulencevirulencevirulencevisceravisceravitaminsvitaminsvitaminsvitaminsvitaminsOther TagsImmediateBeansCleaningArrowArrowArrowArrowLibyan
(Date:9/7/2008)...discovered a living sensor that can spot contamina...can clean up arsenic spills even in previously unt...Monday 8 September 2008) at the Society for Genera...ek at Trinity College, Dublin. , The Giant Mine ...30,000 tonnes of arsenic-containing dust, making i...
(Date:9/7/2008)...roduce their own natural chemical cocktails, each ...cific habitat. Comparing anti-fungals produced by ...tute for Biological Studies discovered that only a... the whole output to an entirely new product mixtu...ne and tobacco-specific molecules and even so-call...
(Date:9/7/2008)...es to govern commercial and research activities in...to reflect new environmental realities and to temp...stems, according to several of the experts conveni...ng the International Polar Year. , Due to climat...is fast disappearing, creating new opportunities f...
(Date:9/5/2008)...eased to announce the recipients of its 2009 Socie... awards at the Society,s 53rd Annual Meeting on Mo...xhibitions Center in Massachusetts. The awardees a...rnia, San Francisco, will receive the Anatrace Mem...ons to transmembrane biology, and pioneering new m...
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(Date:9/5/2008)...,anti-cloak, could bring objects out of hiding , ...t in case someone develops a cloak of invisibility...o uncloak the objects it hides. , According to ...erials underneath an invisibility cloak would allo...hers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China sai...
(Date:9/5/2008)... commit to develop a National AIDS,Strategy for th...PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The,Republican National ... the,domestic AIDS epidemic in the United States a.... Neither Presidential nominee Sen. John McCain no...oned AIDS in their remarks,to Convention delegates...
(Date:9/5/2008)...USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi,issued the fol...he "Stand,Up to Cancer" telethon, to be aired on a...ur country who has not seen a loved one,suffer bec...ually, and each,year there are more than 1.4 milli...make eradicating the scourge of cancer a national ...
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