Laboratory Watch
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Laboratory Watch–a COLA blog for clinical laboratory professionals. It is intended to be an informative resource dedicated to helping pathologists, laboratory directors and clinical laboratory professionals perform their jobs better. Laboratory Watch will keep you and other laboratory professionals up-to-date on significant advancements in the field of laboratory science, the latest regulatory news and the opinions of experts in their field.
As April showers us with its vibrant blooms, the healthcare sector and the public shine a spotlight on a crucial yet often underrecognized group—medical laboratory professionals. The 49th Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (MLPW), running from April 14-20, 2024, is...
Our quest for longevity has long captivated the attention of both the scientific community and the general public, particularly the complex mechanisms of aging at the molecular level. Just as different parts of a car or aspects of a house show signs of wear at varying...
Patient Safety Awareness Week, celebrated every March, casts a spotlight on a critical aspect of healthcare: patient safety. It is a time when the healthcare community, including pathologists and laboratory professionals, renews its commitment to fostering an...
Welcome back to the third entry of our series on primary HPV testing in cervical cancer screening. In this installment, we take a retrospective look at how HPV testing has revolutionized cervical cancer detection since its introduction in the early 2000s. Applications...
In a groundbreaking discovery last November, a team of researchers from the University of Maryland in Baltimore unveiled two previously unknown viruses, aptly named “vampire viruses.” These intriguing entities engage in a fascinating act: one virus, the...
Welcome back to part two of our series on primary HPV testing in cervical cancer screening. In this blog, we will focus on the various FDA-approved Human Papillomavirus (HPV) assays available in the U.S. Human Papillomavirus and Cervical Cancer HPV...
Greetings and welcome to the Laboratory Watch Blog! Today marks the commencement of our series focusing on Primary Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Testing in the context of cervical cancer screening. As a cytopathologist, I regard this paradigm shift as especially...
The Complex World of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) represent a diverse spectrum of diseases impacting both animals and humans. VHFs are caused by five distinct families of RNA viruses: Filoviridae, Flaviviridae, Rhabdoviridae,...
Welcome to the final part of our series on Gain of Function Research (GOFR). This chapter highlights the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity’s (NSABB) newest recommendations, which seek to mitigate biosecurity and biosafety risks while advancing...
