Recently added articles from Medical Laboratory Observer:
The value of continuing education.(From the guest editor)(College of Health and Human Sciences's education for laboratory professionals)(Editorial)
May 01, 2009; ... I am honored to be asked to write to you concerning MLO and our continuing education (CE) experiences. It is exciting to be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the journal. MLO has been long standing in providing interesting, current information to its readers. We at Northern Illinois ...
Readers respond.(Letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2009 ... A day in the life ... Editor's note: The editorial office at MLO is never a dull place. Near the end of January, we received a telephone call from Ralph Henson in San Francisco, who asked a simple question: When and where was the term "point-of-care testing" coined? At one time, ...
Winners of Executive War College scholarships 2009.(The winner is ...)(Christine Tillman and Marianne Gehen honored)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Congratulations to winner Christine Tillman and first runner-up Marianne Gehen. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Christine was awarded with paid tuition, travel, and hotel expenses to attend the 2009 Executive War College on Lab and Pathology Management in New Orleans, April ...
In memoriam.(The Observatory)(Ronald H. Laessig)(In memoriam)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... One of America's medical laboratory icons, Ronald H. Laessig, PhD, (age 68) died peacefully at his home on Sunday, March 29,2009.A magna cum laude graduate of the University of Wisconsin (UW), he later received his PhD in chemistry there. He did post-doctoral work at Princeton. For 20 ...
Solution standardizes blood collection, stabilization, and purification.(New tests)
May 01, 2009 ... * Solution standardizes blood collection, stabilization, and purification. PreAnalytiX GmbH, a QIAGEN/BD company, received marketing clearance from the FDA for the automation of its PAXgene Blood RNA system on the QIAcube, enabling labs to automate an IVD-purification method, which is part ...
Whistleblower lawsuit reported by the Dark Daily.(Worth noting)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... * Whistleblower lawsuit reported by The Dark Daily. Filed under seal in 2005, a lawsuit brought by the owner and CEO of Hunter Laboratories in California has now been joined by that state in a qui tam lawsuit that alleges seven other labs have overcharged Medi-Cal hundreds of millions of ...
Fifteen hospital employees fired for looking at OctoMom's files.(Worth noting)
May 01, 2009 ... * Fifteen hospital employees fired for looking at OctoMom's files. A Kaiser Permanente spokesman in California said that 15 employees were fired after improperly accessing Nadya Suleman's medical records. Suleman is the single woman whose in vitro fertilization added octuplets to the six ...
Biotech company Seegene joins with Randox Labs.(Business as usual)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... * Biotech company Seegene joins with Randox Labs. Seegene Inc. and Randox Laboratories have entered into an agreement in which Randox will obtain a non-exclusive license to Seegene's Priming Oligo (DPO) ...
Influential journal wins award.(Awards)(Archive of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... * Influential journal wins award. Archive of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine--the only journal dedicated to pathology and pathologists and published by the College of American Pathologists was named one of the top 100 most influential journals in biology and medicine of the past 100 years ...
Unsterilized equipment linked to a VA HIV victim.(Infectious diseases)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... * Unsterilized equipment linked to a VA HIV victim. The Associated Press has been following the story of the Veterans Administration's (VA) warning earlier this year that more than 10,000 veterans needed to get blood tests because of possible exposure to contamination of endoscopic ...
Study results on DNA vs. Pap tests.(Infectious diseases)(women tested for papillomavirus infections)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... * Study results on DNA vs. Pap tests. The New England Journal of Medicine recently published the results of a study comparing DNA screenings to Pap smears through an eight-year study of 130,000 women in India. The study, financed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, involved screening ...
Alabama mass grave hints at 1870's epidemic.(Medical History)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... * Alabama mass grave hints at 1870's epidemic. On the last day of March in downtown Montgomery, AL, two buildings from the 1940s were torn down. Maintenance workers grading the land in preparation for the construction of a new building uncovered what are believed to be the remains of ...
Conferences.(Calendar)
May 01, 2009 ... May 27-29. The fifth "Biomarker World Congress 2009" convenes at Loew's Philadelphia Hotel. Pre-conference events includes an Executive ThinkTank, while the meeting will offer a comprehensive coverage of biomarkers in molecular diagnostics, personalized medicine, and more. Go to ...
In tribute to Dan Baer.(Daniel M. Baer of Epidemiological Laboratory died)(Obituary)
May 01, 2009 ... MLO's beloved Daniel M. Baer, MD, died peacefully at home on April 5, 2009, with his wife Betty and son Ken at his side. Dr. Baer was born in New York City and graduated from Oberlin College and the New York Medical College. He had postgraduate training in pathology in San Francisco, and ...
Biomarkers for cardiovascular risk assessment.
May 01, 2009; ... Research into inflammatory biomarkers has opened up a new era in the assessment of risk in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Of the dozens of candidate biomarkers, there are two that have accumulated sufficient published evidence to support their utility in clinical practice: ...
Cancer biomarkers--a good start.(Cover story)
May 01, 2009; ... Cancer researchers and the pharmaceutical industry have invested trillions of dollars and millions of man years in the search for drugs that will cure cancer; but despite this gargantuan effort, success to date has been patchy. In 2009, there is a sense of "could do better" rather than the ...
Biomarkers for cardiovascular risk assessment and cancer.(CONTINUING EDUCATION)
May 01, 2009 ... MLO and Northern Illinois University (NIU), Dekalb,IL, are co-sponsors in offering continuing education units (CEUs) for this issue's article on BIOMARKERS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RISK ASSESSMENT and CANCER BIOMARKERS. CEUs or contact hours are granted by the College of Health and Human ...
Pathologists in training.(CLINICAL ISSUES)(quality management training)
May 01, 2009 ... MLO, curious to know what the answer(s) would be, asked the following question: If you were training a pathologist to work in your lab--a young newcomer--what bit of advice would you give? Would it involve new technology that would make his/her job more efficient? Would it concern new ...
Fast, economical gram staining.(CLINICAL ISSUES)
May 01, 2009 ... The Aerospray Microbiology Stainer/Cytocentrifuge is two essential instruments in one package. With the optional rotor, the stainer becomes a cytocentrifuge with eight-slide capacity and keyboard programmability. ...
One-touch slide auto prep.(CLINICAL ISSUES)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... The SYMPHONY One Touch H & E Preparation System automates every step of slide prep with one-touch operation from drying through the application of a glass coverslip. Slides are cured ...