Patients concerns about the quality of care provided since Amazon acquired One Medical in 2022 can affect clinical laboratory testing for those providers Recently, The Washington Post reported on leaked documents that appear to indicate Amazon’s One Medical primary care call center was not using trained, certified medical professionals to field patient phone calls and […] The post Amazon One Medical Call Centers Found Wanting in Washington Post Report appeared first on Dark Daily ..read more

Researchers used CRISPR-based assays to develop new clinical laboratory point-of-care blood test which boasts accuracy, affordability, and accessibility Here’s a novel use of paper as clinical laboratory test media. Researchers at Princeton University in New Jersey, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Broad Institute, and Harvard University have developed an at-home paper-strip test that can not […] The post At-Home Paper Influenza Test Differentiates Strains, Gives Hope for Improved Screening and Surveillance of Viral Outbreaks appeared first on Dark Daily ..read more

Use of artificial intelligence in clinical laboratory testing could improve the diagnosis of cancer worldwide In a proof of concept study, scientists at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China have developed a clinical laboratory test that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose three types of cancer from a single drop of dried blood. The paper-based […] The post Researchers in China Develop AI-powered Tool That Can Diagnose Three Cancers Using a Drop of Dried Blood appeared first on Dark Daily ..read more

Results of an earlier study in which locks of Beethoven’s hair underwent genetic analysis showed the composer ‘had a predisposition for liver disease and became infected with hepatitis B’ Here is an example of modern technologies being used with “historical biospecimens” to solve long-standing mysteries or questions about the illnesses of famous historical figures. Clinical […] The post Mayo Clinic Scientists Use Chemical Analysis of Beethoven’s Hair to Determine Lead Poisoning May Have Contributed to Composer’s Hearing Loss and Other Health Ailments appeared first on Dark Daily ..read more

Syringe-based technique is disposable and enables clinical laboratories to process small biopsies in about two hours instead of overnight and with significantly less waste Histotechnologists and clinical laboratory managers know that the standard method of processing tissue biopsies takes a lot of time and chemical resources and isn’t always efficient. But what if there was […] The post University of Cincinnati Pathologist Develops Speedier Tissue Processing for Small Biopsies appeared first on Dark Daily ..read more

Discovery highlights how ongoing microbiome research points to new opportunities that can lead to development of more effective cancer screening clinical laboratory tests New research from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle once again demonstrates that the human microbiome plays a sophisticated role in many biological processes. Microbiologists and anatomic pathologists who diagnose tissue/biopsies […] The post Fred Hutch Researchers Identify Oral Bacteria That Appear to Play a Role in Certain Colon Cancers appeared first on Dark Daily ..read more

Clinical laboratory scientists and microbiologists could play a role in helping doctors explain to patients the potential dangers of do-it-yourself medical treatments Be careful what you wish for when you perform do-it-yourself (DIY) medical treatments. That’s the lesson learned by a woman who was seeking relief for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). When college student Daniell […] The post Woman Performs Do-it-yourself Fecal Transplant to Relieve Symptoms of IBS, Gets Donor’s Acne appeared first on Dark Daily ..read more

Study of the 50 Omicron variants could lead to new approaches to clinical laboratory testing and medical treatments for long COVID Patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 can usually expect the COVID-19 illness to subside within a couple of weeks. However, one Dutch patient remained infected with the coronavirus for 612 days and fought more than 50 […] The post Dutch Patient with Longest COVID-19 Case of 612 Days Had More than 50 SARS-CoV-2 Mutations Before He Died appeared first on Dark Daily ..read more

Development of the Critical Values system redefined what STAT means in clinical laboratory testing turnaround times Where did the concept of critical values and having clinical laboratories report them to referring physicians originate? How did the concept blossom into a standard practice in laboratory medicine? Given the importance of critical values, a lookback into how […] The post History of the Clinical Laboratory Critical Values Reporting System appeared first on Dark Daily ..read more

Study results from Switzerland come as clinical laboratory scientists seek new ways to tackle the problem of antimicrobial resistance in hospitals Microbiologists and clinical laboratory scientists engaged in the fight against antibiotic-resistant (aka, antimicrobial resistant) bacteria will be interested in a recent study conducted at the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel in Switzerland. […] The post Researchers Find That Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Can Persist in the Body for Years appeared first on Dark Daily ..read more