Early detection of cancer is important in the treatment of disease. A blood test created by the Georgia Institute of Technology detects ovarian cancer with 90 percent accuracy. To read […]
Pharmaceutical Pharmacokinetic / Pharmacodynamic Studies or PK / PD studies are techniques used in the study of pharmacology. Pharmacokinetic, commonly referred to as PK, is the study of what the body […]
qPCR, also known as quantitative polymerase chain reaction, is a technique used to detect a specific DNA sequence or sequences. This type of testing is common in both research and […]
Translational science, is a newly popular term used in the biomedical world. Also called translational medicine or translational research, it is a term used to describe turning, or translating, laboratory […]
Hepatotoxicity is a term used to describe damage to the liver caused by a medicine, chemical, or dietary supplement, or it can also be a side effect of HIV drugs. […]
An immunoassay is a highly sensitive chemical test done to detect a substance in blood or other bodily fluid sample. Immunoassays have been used to track things like proteins, hormones, […]
HLA (human leukocyte antigen) typing is a method used to determine how closely one person’s tissues match another person’s tissues. HLA typing is done to match bone marrow and cord […]
Chromosome analysis, also called karyotyping, is a test done to examine the chromosomes in a cell sample. Examining chromosomes in this manner helps identify any genetic causes of disease […]
With individualized medical treatments at the forefront of medicine, pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology and other healthcare providers are looking for Genomics Contract Research Organizations for their precision medicine research and […]
Turnaround time (TAT) is the time, whether in hours or day, between when a sample or specimen is received at the laboratory and the time when testing is complete and […]
