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October 2018 Issue of The Pathologist

In this issue, we delve into the history of disease, to learn how the field of paleopathology uses human remains to inform current laboratory practice. Read our feature to find out how advances in technology are allowing us to discover more than ever about the ailments of our ancestors. Also in this issue, read about the fight against resistance in bloodstream infections, the potential of AI in pathology, and the daunting process of diagnosing brain tumors. Additionally, we sit down with James Wilson, a gene therapy expert from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Articles featured in this issue

 Outside the Lab Profession

A Community of Equals

What makes pathology and laboratory medicine unique? Everyone, from trainee to department chair, receives respect
Outside the Lab Histology

Case of the Month

Can you diagnose this 29-year-old’s painful subungual tumor?
Inside the Lab Analytical science

Shining a Brighter Light

| Srikanth Singamaneni

A new “plasmonic patch” can enhance fluorescence-based detection and imaging for research and in the clinic
Inside the Lab Companion diagnostics

Fluid Evidence

Liquid biopsy can help us appropriately treat patients with anti-PD-L1 immunotherapies, and ddPCR enables ongoing monitoring and adjustment of treatment
Inside the Lab Clinical care

A Biomarker for Brain Injury

Measuring the levels of two brain proteins in the blood can yield insight into which TBI patients require CT scanning or surgery
Outside the Lab Biochemistry and molecular biology

Fighting Resistance in Bloodstream Infections

| Luke Turner

When bacteria become resistant to the last line of defense, rapid detection and treatment is more important than ever. A new assay can help with treatment selection for carbapenem-resistant infections
Outside the Lab Digital and computational pathology

Intelligent Pharma Partners

| Holger Lange and Cris Luengo

How combining their efforts with those of the pharmaceutical industry can help pathologists make a business case for AI
Outside the Lab Digital and computational pathology

Automation Inevitable?

| Randy Van Ommeren, Kevin Faust, and Phedias Diamandis

As deep learning moves into the pathology sphere, the way we do our jobs will change – but we have yet to determine exactly how
Inside the Lab Profession

It Takes a Village

| E. Blair Holladay

From drawing blood to managing laboratories, there is a whole network of professionals working together to provide optimal patient care
Diagnostics Clinical care

Connecting Past to Present

| Niels Lynnerup

Niels Lynnerup explains the discipline of paleopathology and what benefits it has to offer pathology in the clinic or in the research laboratory
Diagnostics Clinical care

Bioarcheology: Peopling the Past

| Jane Buikstra

Where did paleopathology come from? Where is it going next? And, most importantly, how can clinical and paleopathologists work together to benefit both fields?
Diagnostics Cytology

What’s in a Brain?

| Jason Karamchandani

Jason Karamchandani explains how anatomic pathologists can identify and distinguish between the most common intracranial neoplasms of adulthood
Diagnostics Digital and computational pathology

Searching Is Intelligence

| Hamid Tizhoosh

Despite extensive discussion of the benefits of artificial intelligence in pathology, few are talking about one major advantage – image search and retrieval
Outside the Lab Clinical care

A Question of Cancers

| John Srigley

The ICCR works with pathologists and groups worldwide to develop standardized guidelines for the diagnosis and reporting of various cancer types
Outside the Lab Genetics and epigenetics

From Bench to Bedside and Back Again

| Roisin McGuigan

Sitting Down With James Wilson, Rose H. Weiss Professor and Director, Orphan Disease Centre, Profession of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania
Outside the Lab Clinical care

Antibiotic Test Results – Done Right

| Sponsored by Beckman Coulter

An advanced system can identify pathogens and detect broad-ranging resistance, allowing pathologists to select the most appropriate drugs with accuracy and speed

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