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Immunology

Image: A dry fracture of a Vero cell exposing the contents of a vacuole where Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, are rapidly growing (Photo courtesy of National Institutes of Health).

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Linked to Q Fever Bacterium

The incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, associated with significant mortality, is increasing in many regions, making it a global health challenge for the coming years.  More...
25 Oct 2015
Image: Histopathology of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (Photo courtesy of Dr. Mark R. Wick).

Screening Test Predicts Treatment Response in Metastatic Kidney Cancer

Expression levels of a key protein involved in tumor cell survival appear to predict response to standard first-line therapy in patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma.  More...
18 Oct 2015
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Cell Marker Enables Pathogenic Infection Prognosis

When a pathogen invades the body, specific cells in the human immune system are ready to take immediate action in order to destroy it, but the molecular characteristics of these killer cells were unknown until recently.   More...
14 Oct 2015
Image: CAL2 stained megakaryocytes with CALR mutations in essential thrombocythemia (ET), primary myelofibrosis (PMF). The CAL2 immunostaining correlated 100% with the Sanger sequencing (Photo courtesy of DIANOVA).

New Antibody Improves Diagnosis of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

When hematopoietic myeloid cells change malignantly in the bone marrow, this can lead to an uncontrolled proliferation of certain blood cells and humans then suffer from diseases that are referred to by the collective term myeloproliferative neoplasms.  More...
14 Oct 2015
Image: Transmission electron micrograph depicts a number of round Dengue virus particles (expanded image) that were revealed in a tissue specimen (Photo courtesy of Frederick Murphy).

Dengue Diagnosis Tested in Urine and Saliva Specimens

Dengue is the most important arthropod-borne disease affecting humans, representing a huge public health burden in affected countries. Symptoms are often nonspecific, hence the need for an early, sensitive, and specific diagnosis of dengue for appropriate management.   More...
13 Oct 2015
Image: Photomicrograph of the small intestine mucosa of a patient with active celiac disease (Photo courtesy of Ann-Christin Røberg Beitnes).

Simplified Blood Test Diagnoses Celiac Disease

The diagnosis of celiac disease requires a tissue sample from the small intestine, which can be extremely unpleasant, but a blood test has been developed which provides a rapid, painless answer.    More...
06 Oct 2015
Image: The CELLSEARCH semi-automatic system that can capture and quantify circulating tumor cells (Photo courtesy of Janssen Diagnostics).

Arterial Blood Liquid Biopsy Detects Circulating Melanoma Cells

Venous blood collection is simple and minimally invasive, and this approach has made circulating tumor cells testing readily available to many cancer patients. The major drawback is the fact that CTCs are not always detectable for patients with clinically evident metastatic disease.   More...
06 Oct 2015
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The Immunology channel of LabMedica deals with diagnostic techniques and immuonassays such as ELISA, pregnancy tests, immunoblotting, immunohistochemical staining, serology, and associated hardware.
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