February 2021 Issue of The Pathologist

Pandemics, diagnostics, vaccines – a “normal” no one could have predicted this time last year

NASA’s prototype breath analyzer opens up new opportunities for health monitoring in space

Allocation kidney biopsies cause many transplant donations to be discarded every year – but are they valuable predictors of survival?

CRISPR-based smartphone test detects COVID-19 in under 30 minutes

Silicon micro laboratory performs point-of-care testing for bacterial infection

Case of the Month is back for 2021! A 56-year-old female presented with generalized lymphadenopathy – but what is the most likely cause?

Digital tools can augment pathologists’ molecular medicine powers so they can diagnose and treat more patients

With better assays comes the need for better controls – are liquid biopsies and cell line-derived controls a match made in heaven?

As vaccines and treatments for COVID-19 become increasingly available, we must ask ourselves what’s next for pathology and laboratory medicine

Cancer patient management of is increasingly driven by biomarker assays – but how should we manage the assays?

Two pathologists who have practiced internationally explore the differences – and the similarities – between distant regions

What do you know about sigma metrics and their value and applications in the clinical laboratory?

By working with each other – and with carefully designed algorithms – we can improve patient outcomes

We explore the preventive genomics clinics at two Boston healthcare systems to learn whether they could be the future of precision medicine

Medical student burnout is an age-old problem exacerbated by the pandemic – and students need better tools to protect their health and wellbeing

Pathology is a social discipline – and with the rise in social media has come a change in the landscape of education, community… and residency matchin

We sit down with Dame Sue Black to discuss her inspiring career in forensic anthropology