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The Streck HbA1c-Cellular® Control: Intact Red Blood Cells for Hemoglobin A1c Testing
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Diabetes is a chronic disease resulting from lack of insulin (type 1 diabetes mellitus [DM]), or the combination of insulin resistance, insufficient insulin, and abnormal glucagon secretion (type 2 DM... Read More
Conventional Versus Tight Glycemic Control in Critically Ill Patients
Thursday, May 02, 2013
In 2001, a prospective randomized trial studying patients in a surgical ICU, where only 13% of patients had a history of diabetes, found that intensive maintenance of normoglycemia (blood glucose ... Read More
CLIA-Waived Coagulation Testing: The Prothrombin Time/International Normalized Ratio
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
For the food and pharmaceutical industries, both regulations and customer expectations shape how processes are run. Stringent legislation demands that products conform as closely as possible to their... Read More
Analytical and Preparative Ultracentrifuges
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Ultracentrifuges are a type of centrifuge designed to rotate samples at “ultrahigh” speeds (much higher than conventional centrifuges), with a rotational speed of up to 150,000 rpm, creating a ... Read More
Spectrophotometers Overview
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Spectrophotometers measure the amount of light of a specific wavelength that is absorbed by a sample. A spectrophotometer is used chiefly to measure the concentration of analytes in solutions, but ... Read More
Assays to Detect Invasive Fungal Infections
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Among the human pathogenic fungi are both yeasts and molds. The most common human pathogenic fungi are the yeast-like Candida species (spp.), and the most common invasive molds are the Aspergillus spp... Read More
The Diagnosis of Celiac Disease Includes Serology
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Celiac disease (CD) is a multifactorial autoimmune inflammatory disease of the small intestine that is triggered in genetically susceptible persons by the ingestion of gluten, found in wheat, rye, and... Read More
A Heterophile Antibody Test: Quick Diagnosis of EBV Infectious Mononucleosis
Monday, April 01, 2013
The Epstein Barr virus (EBV), which causes infectious mononucleosis (IM) or “mono,” is one of the most common human viruses. EBV occurs worldwide, and most people become infected with EBV sometime ... Read More
Point-of-Care Tests for Anemia
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Total hemoglobin concentration is said to be the most common laboratory test ordered in medical offices and hospital settings. It is used to determine the presence of anemia, functionally defined as ... Read More
Capillary Electrophoresis Systems for High-Resolution Separations
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Capillary electrophoresis (CE) systems are powerful instruments that can separate proteins, nucleic acids, or other species from a mixture quickly, with great accuracy and a relatively small ... Read More