Jun 30, 2014
Laboratory test results are used to aid decisions in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Consistent and comparable results from different measurement procedures are important for developing clinical practice guidelines, and for those guidelines to be applied to decisions about patient care. Yet results for...
Jun 24, 2014
One of the largest direct consumer genetic testing facilities, 23andMe, was ordered by the US Food and Drug Administration to cease marketing its Personal Genome Service test in late 2013. This occurred after 23andMe failed to respond to questions that the FDA had about the analytical and clinical validity of this test....
Jun 17, 2014
The clinical utility of molecular genetic testing relies on an accurate and comprehensive knowledge about the relationships between genes and variants, and diseases. Correctly interpreting the clinical significance of variants that may be detected continues to be a constant challenge for molecular diagnostic practice....
Jun 3, 2014
In the May issue of Clinical Chemistry, researchers involved in the Copenhagen City Heart Study found that lower nonfasting, circulating triglyceride concentrations are associated with lower all-cause mortality.
Jun 1, 2014