Oct 26, 2015
Increased concentrations of non-fasting remnant cholesterol are thought to be atherogenic in thesame way as LDL cholesterol,by transport into andaccumulationof lipid into the arterial wall.
Oct 8, 2015
Most of us are familiar with the link between elevated concentrations of lipids in our blood and an increased risk for cardiovascular disease which is responsible for about 500,000 deaths each year in the United States. It has been common practice to measure those lipids only after a period of fasting. This practice was...
Oct 8, 2015
For patients with acute coronary syndrome who have undergone interventions such as placement of a stent, it has become standard practice to treat them with a combination of aspirin and opidogrel to prevent subsequent thrombotic events; however, clopidogrel is a drug that requires activation by a liver enzyme, CYP2C19.
Oct 1, 2015
Microfluidics has attracted a lot of attention across a wide range of disciplines because of the potential for using it to analyze tiny samples and to integrate processes onto handheld Labs-on-a-Chip. So instead of sending vials of blood to a central laboratory and getting results back days later, you can imagine...
Oct 1, 2015