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Life Has No Uncrossable Hurdles

July 21, 2026

How I survived injustice, loss of reputation, and isolation, and found solace in helping others

5 min read

Regulation & standards

Pathology Blueprint Backs In Vitro Diagnostics

New white paper outlines the future-proofing actions essential to achieve UK health service priorities

Oncology

Digital & computational pathology

The Hidden Signals of Oral Cancer Risk

AI-derived biomarkers could help pathologists identify high-risk lesions more consistently than traditional grading alone

Hematology

Infectious Disease

Blood Smear Uncovers Tick-Borne Infection

Peripheral blood smear and PCR findings identify anaplasmosis complicated by myocarditis

Histology

Bioinformatics

The Most Important AI Skill? Knowing When It's Wrong

Why critical thinking, not competition with machines, will define pathology's future

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Discover the voices driving change and progress in pathology and laboratory medicine. From legacy figures to today’s leading professionals, explore stories, interviews, and community highlights that inspire and inform.

A celebration of the inspirational figures behind innovation and achievement in pathology and laboratory medicine

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Rajendra Singh

Director of Dermatopathology and Digital Pathology, Summit Health, New Jersey, USA; Co-founder of PathPresenter

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Cullen Lilley

Pathology Resident (PGY3), Chief Resident (ombuds), University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Health Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, California, USA

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Peer-to-Peer: Ivan Damjanov in Conversation with Sanjay A. Pai

Reflections on medicine, mentorship, and medical education in India

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Professional Development

Inside Pathology’s New Audio Drama

Apr 14, 2026

By Jessica Allerton

Case Encounters reimagines real diagnostic cases as podcast stories to highlight how pathologists solve clinical mysteries

6 min read

Pathologists' Assistants Profession

A Pathologists' Assistant Crisis in Portugal

4 min read

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Decentralized Liquid Biopsy Testing for Comprehensive Genomic Profiling

9 min read

Oncology Biochemistry & molecular biology

The DNA Playing by Its Own Rules

6 min read

Histology Microscopy & imaging

Prussian Blue: an Artistic and Diagnostic Odyssey

5 min read

The latest events and developments shaping the field.

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State of the Nation: Interrogating the Benefits and Obstacles to Digitization and AI Adoption

12/9/2024

Advancing biomarker detection in lymphoid malignancies: Insights from leading scientists

11/6/2025

Watch our illuminating on-demand webinar titled "Advancing biomarker detection in lymphoid malignancies: Insights from leading scientists," featuring two of the foremost authorities in haemato-oncology.

Evaluation of the Oncomine™️ Comprehensive Assay Plus for genomic profiling including HRD assessment

12/10/2024

Evaluation of the Oncomine Comprehensive Assay Plus for comprehensive genomic profiling including homologous recombination deficiency assessment.

State of the Nation: Interrogating the Benefits and Obstacles to Digitization and AI Adoption

12/9/2024

Join expert panelists as we dive into results of a recent Owkin survey aimed at taking the temperature of pathologists and oncologists on the state of the field of pathology in the US, UK and France.

USCAP 114th Annual Meeting

3/22/2025 - 3/27/2025

Boston, Massachusetts

Strengthen your PD-L1 expertise

10/6/2026

The Precision Pathology Insights webinar series provides expert guidance and essential approaches to help enhance your confidence in Combined Positive Score (CPS) evaluation and strengthen your PD-L1 proficiency.

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Screening & monitoring

Tracking Ebola's Next Move

Jul 16, 2026

By Jessica Allerton

As cases continue to rise in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, David Schwartz discusses diagnostics, surveillance, and outbreak preparedness

3 min read

Neurology Point of care testing

What Tears Tell Us About Neurological Health

Jul 16, 2026

An experimental graphene-based device could support future noninvasive neurological biomarker testing from tear samples

2 min read

What Tears Tell Us About Neurological Health

Oncology Career Pathways

Peer-to-Peer: Ivan Damjanov in Conversation with Irene Esposito

Jul 15, 2026

By Ivan Damjanov

The ESP President-Elect on tumor biology, precision diagnostics, and the future of pathology

8 min read

Peer-to-Peer: Ivan Damjanov in Conversation with Irene Esposito

Guidelines & Recommendations

Gender-Diverse Diagnostic Guidance Issued

Jul 15, 2026

ADLM releases new US recommendations to improve laboratory test interpretation and diagnostic decision-making for gender-diverse patients

3 min read

Gender-Diverse Diagnostic Guidance Issued

Professional Development

Bias Study Raises Concerns Over Medical Education

Jul 14, 2026

Research suggests demographic details in exam questions may shape diagnostic thinking, prompting calls to rethink how future clinicians are assessed

2 min read

Bias Study Raises Concerns Over Medical Education

Laboratory management

Pathology Pain Points

Jul 14, 2026

Results of the PNPL 2026 survey reveal workforce shortages remain a top-tier concern among members

0 min read

Oncology Precision medicine

Turning Routine Slides Into Molecular Maps

Jul 13, 2026

By Helen Bristow

Could a standard pathology slide contain enough information to predict gene expression, methylation patterns, and even aspects of spatial biology?

5 min read

Turning Routine Slides Into Molecular Maps

Oncology Precision medicine

Gene Test May Refine Chemo Choices

Jul 13, 2026

Real-world study suggests genomic testing could help laboratories support more personalized chemotherapy decisions in early breast cancer

2 min read

Microbiology & Immunology Infectious Disease

Protecting Newborns from Congenital Syphilis

Jul 10, 2026

We need to remove the STI stigma and make better use of early diagnostics to eradicate this preventable disease, says Lily Li

4 min read

Protecting Newborns from Congenital Syphilis

Microbiology & Immunology Infectious Disease

Lyme Antibodies May Improve Test Timing

Jul 10, 2026

Study identifies immune markers that could support earlier diagnosis and help distinguish patients with persistent symptoms

2 min read

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