Category: Lab Management

Lab Management

SPT Labtech and EMBL GeneCore Partner to Advance Automated Genomics Workflows

The collaboration focuses on implementing a liquid handling platform to streamline end-to-end laboratory processes and protocol development.

Lab Management

Large Study Shows Genetic Risk Results Can Be Returned to Thousands of Patients—With Caveats

A national eMERGE study found that genetic risk results can be returned at scale, with over 70% of high-risk patients receiving counseling, though disparities in access persist, according to the American Journal of Human Genetics.

Lab Management

Lab Sets Guinness World Record for DNA Sequencing Speed

Teams complete whole human genome sequencing and analysis in under four hours, demonstrating potential for same-day NICU workflows.

Accreditation

LuminoDx Earns CAP Accreditation for Diagnostic Testing Facility

The accreditation covers liver health diagnostics, including Hepatotrack, a molecular diagnostic liquid biopsy that is predictive of acute liver rejection post-liver transplant.

Compliance

New Jersey Lab Must Repay $3.4 Million to Medicaid for Billing Violations

State audit finds the lab billed for drug tests without required physician signatures in nearly a quarter of reviewed instances.

Proficiency Testing

Managing Reagent Variation

Lot-to-lot reagent inconsistencies can have significant effects on patient test results.

Company News

Agilent Technologies to Acquire Biocare Medical in $950 Million Deal

Agilent Technologies will acquire Biocare Medical for $950 million in cash, adding more than 300 specialized antibodies and expanding Agilent’s pathology and immunohistochemistry offerings, according to the companies.

Resource Center

Global Study Reveals Escalating Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns

Analysis of international surveillance data shows rising resistance to last-line antibiotics, with significant regional variations in treatment outcomes.