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Posted on: November 17, 2009
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By Michael Gibbons
ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals
Two eras at once are coming to their respective ends in the fast-changing world of cancer research. First, the era of chemotherapy as a blunt instrument that kills healthy as well as cancerous cells-in hopes the healthy cells will bounce back-is yielding to a more discriminating, intelligent plan of attack, thanks to genetic engineering. In fact, targeted or personalized chemotherapy, which ...
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Posted on: November 17, 2009
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By Marina S. Abad, NP
ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals
The prevalence of thyroid nodules is on the rise in the United States. Recent data suggest palpable nodules are present in 3 to 7 percent of the population, but the total prevalence of thyroid nodules can be as high as 50 percent when ultrasonography and autopsy data are factored in (to represent nonpalpable nodules).1 Large-scale population studies have documented clinically palpable nodules in ...
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Posted on: November 16, 2009
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By Matthew T. Patton
ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals
Vol. 21 • Issue 23 • Page 5 Editorial Acknowledging healthcare reform has been controversial would be an understatement. Almost everywhere I've traveled lately, I've heard highly emotional and passionate positions for both sides of the debate. This past weekend, a large group of supporters stood on a corner holding handmade signs with messages like, "Healthcare for All," and ...
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Posted on: November 3, 2009
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By Cynthia Blank-Reid, MSN, RN, CEN
ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals
Napoleone di Buonaparte, named after an older brother who died 4 years earlier, was born Aug. 15, 1769, on the Italian island of Corsica. His family was minor Italian nobility and, when Corsica became part of France, they changed their surname to Bonaparte. Due to his family's wealth and connections, Napoleon was enrolled at age 9 in a French military school near Troyes. Later, at the elite ...
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Posted on: October 20, 2009
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By Amanda Koehler
ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals
Editor's Note: This is the extended version of the Oct. 19 cover story. On the surface, Lizzie Bell is like any other teenaged girl. The 15-year-old from Tucson, AZ, loves fashion, dancing and hanging out with her friends. She's also excited to start driving soon, just like most teenagers. But Lizzie has also accomplished more in her short life than many adults. She's been a Red Cross ...
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Posted on: October 20, 2009
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By Peter A. Duncan
ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals
Almost 70 percent of all data generated in life sciences is in the form of images, but the potential use of this data is only partially tapped. The latest high-throughput image-acquisition devices in the laboratory produce thousands of images a day and volumes are increasing. However, the utility of image analysis has long been mitigated by high volumes of unprocessed data. The process of ...
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Posted on: October 19, 2009
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By Amanda Koehler
ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals
Vol. 21 • Issue 21 • Page 5 Editorial The theme for the past season of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was "heroes." Fifteen-year-old Lizzie Bell was selected as one of these heroes. The young blood donation advocate and her family were the recipients of a new home, one where Lizzie, who has Diamond Blackfan Anemia, can more safely rest her head (see our cover story on p. 6 for ...
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Posted on: October 19, 2009
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By Amanda Koehler
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Vol. 21 • Issue 21 • Page 6 On the surface, Lizzie Bell is like any other teenaged girl. The 15-year-old from Tucson, AZ, loves fashion, dancing and hanging out with her friends. She's also excited to start driving soon, just like most teenagers. But Lizzie has also accomplished more in her short life than many adults. She's been a Red Cross Ambassador, helped her family start the ...
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Posted on: October 6, 2009
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By Amanda Koehler
ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals
On Aug. 8, 99 women came out to donate breast tissue at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, the first tissue bank of its kind, said Anna Maria Storniolo, MD, co-principal investigator. People have been banking breast tumor samples after surgery for decades, but collecting breast tissue samples from healthy women is a relatively new project. ...
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Posted on: October 6, 2009
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By Betsy Vokac
ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals
BloodCenter of Wisconsin's (Milwaukee) Diagnostic Laboratories today announced the availability of new and enhanced tests for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). Thrombocytopenia is characterized by a low level of platelets in the blood, a condition that that can lead to serious and potentially life-threatening bleeding. Yet when patients develop thrombocytopenia due to administered ...
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