Latest Content From Anna MacDonald
Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Rising to Challenges in Clinical Labs
BlogAssay sensitivity and specificity continues to be a challenge in measuring hormones at low concentrations. Tandem mass spectrometry offers significant advantages - particularly in a clinical setting, where speed and sensitivity are required. Following SCIEX' launch of a new tandem mass spectrometry system, we spoke with Michael Jarvis, Product Manager at SCIEX, to find out more.
VIEWInjectable Discogenic Cell Therapy Developed to Alleviate Back Pain
BlogDegenerative disc diseases are debilitating, and treatment options are lacking. Three leaders from Discgenics explain how they are harnessing the restorative potential of cells native to the intervertebral disc to alleviate lower back pain.
VIEWMilestones in IVF
ListIn this list, we look at some of the developments that led to Louise Brown’s birth, and how IVF has progressed since then.
VIEWA Move Towards Precise Management of Bacterial Infections
BlogFollowing the recent FDA approval of a procalcitonin assay, we spoke with a representative from Fujirebio Diagnostics, Inc. to learn how measuring this important biomarker will improve the healthcare landscape.
VIEWFirst Rhinoceros Embryos Generated in the Lab
NewsHybrid embryos from Southern White Rhino (SWR) eggs and Northern White Rhino (NWR) sperm have been produced for the first time by adapting assisted reproduction techniques (ART) used in horses. It is hoped that the technology could be used to help efforts to save NWRs from extinction by rescuing NWR genes.
VIEWDigital Pathology Solution Could Speed Up Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
BlogTo learn more about ContextVision, their move into the field of digital pathology, and how INIFY™ could help benefit pathologists and patients, we spoke to Lena Kajland Wilén, Director Business Unit Digital Pathology.
VIEW5 Contributions HeLa Cells Have Made to Science
ListThis list highlights five of the remarkable contributions that HeLa cells have made to science and medicine.
VIEWStem Cells in Regenerative Medicine
InfographicDespite its great potential, so far there has been limited success translating stem cell-based regenerative therapies into the clinic.
VIEWCell Potency: Totipotent vs Pluripotent vs Multipotent Stem Cells
ArticleHere we discuss the differences between totipotent, pluripotent, and multipotent stem cells.
VIEWAccelerating the Development of Organs-on-Chips
BlogEmulate, Inc. and AstraZeneca recently announced they have formed a collaborative partnership which will see Emulate's Organs-on-Chips technology embedded in AstraZeneca's Innovative Medicines and Early Development Biotech Unit.
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