Dec 10, 2013
Gestational diabetes mellitus is becoming more common as the epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes continues. Newly proposed diagnostic criteria will, if adopted universally, further increase the prevalence of this condition.
Dec 3, 2013
In making the diagnosis of diabetes, there are several advantages using determinations of hemoglobin A1c rather than glucose measurements. These include the pre-analytics stability of hemoglobin A1c in the sample, a low within-subject biological variation, as well as being free from the dietary restrictions associated...
Dec 1, 2013
Nov 18, 2013
Cell free DNA from transplanted organs in the circulation of transplant recipients is a potential biomarker of rejection. But most of these methods entail high costs, long turnaround times and the need for donor DNA.
Nov 11, 2013
Multiplex digital PCR can be used for the sensitive detection of circulating tumor DNA with performance unachievable by other current molecular detection approaches.