Clinical care

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?

Outside the Lab Oncology

A Golden Opportunity?

03/03/2015 | Dror Fixler

A new, noninvasive approach to cancer imaging uses gold nanorods and reflected light to detect even small tumors

Inside the Lab Digital and computational pathology

The Noninvasive Eye-Opener

03/03/2015 | R. Condon Hughes, III

Optical biopsy could provide a wide range of diagnoses in minutes and should be viewed as a support, not a threat, to pathologists

Outside the Lab Oncology

The Great Prostate Debate

01/30/2015 | Roisin McGuigan

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) assay: essential part of prostate cancer diagnosis or public menace? We fire up the discussion with five expert views.