Clinical care

Outside the Lab Oncology

Dubious Diagnoses?

04/28/2015 | Michael Schubert

Recent media attention on diagnostic discordance has patients shying away from cancer screening – but are they justified?

Outside the Lab Point of care testing

Nanoparticle Nephrology

04/27/2015 | Michael Schubert

A new device combining nanoparticles with pregnancy testing technology may provide rapid, inexpensive kidney disease diagnosis and monitoring

Outside the Lab Microbiology and immunology

In a Swipe of a Swab

04/27/2015 | Fedra Pavlou

Researchers believe a simple oral swab test could overcome the limitations of standard sputum testing methods for tuberculosis

Inside the Lab Neurology

NeuroComplexity a Diagnostic Dilemma?

04/27/2015 | Roisin McGuigan

Diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s can be a hit and miss process – but is a lab-based test on the horizon?

Outside the Lab Oncology

A Man’s Best Friend

03/31/2015 | Fedra Pavlou

Scent-trained dogs sniff out cancer. Whatever next?

Outside the Lab Histology

Liquid Biopsy – Dawn of a New Era in Diagnosis?

03/30/2015 | Marc Denis

Overcoming limitations of an established standard by unlocking molecular biomarkers in body fluids

Outside the Lab Oncology

Traditional vs Targeted Biopsy

03/30/2015 | Roisin McGuigan

Targeted biopsies for prostate cancer could increase detection of high risk disease and help to prevent over-diagnosis

Outside the Lab Biochemistry and molecular biology

Saliva Test to Diagnose Autism?

03/30/2015 | Fedra Pavlou

Protein biomarkers identified using mass spec analysis of saliva could pave the way for earlier, more reliable diagnosis

Diagnostics Digital and computational pathology

Pioneers of Precision

03/29/2015 | Jeremy Nicholson, Ron M. A. Heeren, Steven Olde Damink

Jeremy Nicholson shares the vision behind the UK’s MRC-NIHR National Phenome Centre, Ron Heeren showcases the new M4I institute and Steven Olde Damink offers the surgeon’s perspective as a new age of healthcare dawns.

Outside the Lab Microbiology and immunology

From Cell Cultures to Multiplex PCR

03/03/2015 | Udo Margraff

Infectious disease diagnostics keep improving, but which methods should you focus on?