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Forensic laboratories face the need to analyze many samples of human blood and body fluids for alcohol content. The most important compound in blood-alcohol (BAC) analysis is ethanol, but the detection of several other significant alcohols and their ... Read More

Atherosclerosis is the fundamental process behind coronary artery disease, stroke, and many other vascular diseases. Although the rates of death associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke have decreased in the United States, the burden ... Read More

Automated multiparameter hematology analyzers are ubiquitous in the clinical laboratory and clinical hematology laboratory settings. Evaluating several parameters at once offers obvious advantages for time and cost savings when running patient ... Read More

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 between 80 and 110 mg/dL) with insulin infusions ... Read More

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 advertised weight. Read More

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 barley, and other related plant proteins (... Read More

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 insufficient oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood. Read More