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Clinical Chemistry Podcast

This free monthly podcast is offered by Clinical Chemistry. Clinical Chemistry is the leading forum for peer-reviewed, original research on innovative practices in today's clinical laboratory.

Jan 27, 2016

There are now numerous epidemiological studies that have demonstrated that low plasma concentrations of vitamin D are associated with not only bone related disorders, but with a wide variety of adverse health outcomes.


Jan 27, 2016

Mass spectrometry–based in vitro diagnostic devices that measure proteins and peptides are underutilized in clinical practice, and none has been cleared or approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for marketing or for use in clinical trials. One way to increase their utilization is through...


Jan 8, 2016

A driving force in the development of point-of-care diagnostics is to conveniently provide information without delay so that healthcare decisions can be made while the patient is on-site. Most point-of-care devices are based on immunochemical, electrochemicalor colorimetric techniques that can be miniaturized and made...


Jan 4, 2016

Analytically sensitive techniques for measuring minimal residual disease (MRD) in multiple myeloma (MM) currently require invasive and costly bone marrow aspiration. These methods include immunohistochemistry (IHC), flow cytometry, quantitative PCR, and next-generation sequencing. An ideal MM MRD test would be...


Jan 4, 2016

Despite increasing prevalence of novel psychoactive substances, no human metabolism data are currently available, complicating laboratory documentation of intake in urine samples and assessment of the drugs' pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic, and toxicological properties. In 2014, THJ-018 and THJ-2201, synthetic...