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Streamlined Approach to Testing for Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Improves Diagnostic Accuracy

WASHINGTON — A new study in the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine’s (ADLM’s, formerly AACC’s) The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine (JALM) found that a simplified version of the standard screening method for identifying...
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A Collaborative Paradigm to Improve 21st Century Healthcare Explored in Special January Issue of ADLM’s the Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine

Diagnostic stewardship brings together healthcare professionals across specialties to ensure patients get the right clinical laboratory tests at the right time. This special issue of the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine’s...
3-Jan-2025 8:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Clinical Genomics Research That Is Revolutionizing Healthcare Showcased in Special January Issue of ADLM’s Clinical Chemistry Journal

The use of genomic testing in clinical practice, once thought to be a distant goal, is now a reality that is profoundly impacting medicine. This special issue of the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine’s (ADLM’s, formerly AACC’s)...
3-Jan-2025 7:50 PM EST Add to Favorites

Genetic Testing Could Improve Treatment for Patients with the Virulent Multidrug-Resistant Fungus Candida Auris

A new study shows that genetic testing could be used to determine which drugs will — and won’t — work for patients with Candida auris (C. auris), a multidrug-resistant yeast that causes life-threatening disease. These findings could improve...
3-Jan-2025 7:50 PM EST Add to Favorites

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ADLM Welcomes Sabrina Reilly as Chief Membership and Market Development Officer

The Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM, formerly AACC) is pleased to announce that Sabrina Reilly has been named chief membership and market development officer for the organization, effective today.
10-Dec-2024 1:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

Breaking Research Could Help to Advance Care for Overdose Patients Who’ve Taken Xylazine

A novel study published today in ADLM’s journal, Clinical Chemistry, has found that it takes the human body much longer than previously thought to clear xylazine — one of the most popular emerging drugs of abuse in the U.S. This much-needed...
20-Nov-2024 4:15 PM EST Add to Favorites

ADLM Supports Use of Direct-to-Consumer Tests From Reputable Labs with Appropriate Guidance

The Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM, formerly AACC) released a position statement today supporting consumers’ efforts to play active roles in their healthcare by ordering their own laboratory tests. The statement emphasizes...
31-Oct-2024 11:45 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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The Importance of Laboratory Developed Tests in Diagnosing COVID-19

Laboratory developed tests play a vital role in getting patients accurate diagnoses and effective care, and at no time has their importance been clearer than during the current pandemic. In this briefing, AACC’s leading experts in laboratory...
13-Oct-2020 10:45 AM EDT

New Frontiers in Genomic Engineering, Oncofertility, Public Health, and the Digital Health Revolution to Be Explored at the 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting

At the 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo—the premier global conference and exhibit for laboratory medicine—visionaries in the field will illuminate the pioneering research and technology paving the way for better clinical...
30-Jul-2017 2:00 PM EDT

Exact Replication of Cancer Studies May Speed Development of Improved Cancer Drugs

In response to rising concern that many published scientific results may be false, the Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology set out to replicate findings from the 50 most cited cancer studies from 2010–2012. A perspective in AACC’s Clinical...
15-Mar-2017 12:15 PM EDT

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Adhesives Research to Present on Hydrophilic Adhesive Technologies at AACC 2016

Expert Herb Hand will be presenting on Adhesives Research's hydrophilic technologies on Tues, Aug. 2 and Wed, Aug. 3.
29-Jul-2016 1:05 PM EDT

Media Briefing and Q&A with Leading Researchers on Zika Virus and Diagnostic Testing

Leading researchers will discuss the global impact and role of diagnostic testing for the Zika virus as well as how the timing of infection affects pregnancy and newborns at a media briefing in advance of the 68th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting &...
27-Jul-2016 8:45 AM EDT

CDC Official to Advise Labs on Testing Patients for Ebola Now That First Case of Deadly Virus Has Been Confirmed in the U.S.

Now that the Ebola virus has arrived in the U.S., the ability of clinical laboratories to quickly identify patients who need treatment and require isolation will play a critical role in preventing an outbreak. To help labs prepare for this, AACC...
2-Oct-2014 10:50 AM EDT

Early Alzheimer’s Blood Test Co-Developer to Discuss How the Test Could Be the First Step in Developing Treatments to Halt or Slow Alzheimer’s at 2014 AACC Annual Meeting

In March of this year, a team of Georgetown University scientists published research showing that, for the first time ever, a blood test has the potential to predict Alzheimer’s disease before patients start showing symptoms. AACC is pleased to...
23-May-2014 9:40 AM EDT

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Dedicated to achieving better health through laboratory medicine, the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, AACC, brings together more than 50,000 clinical laboratory professionals, physicians, research scientists, and business leaders from around the world focused on clinical chemistry, molecular diagnostics, mass spectrometry, translational medicine, lab management, and other areas of breaking laboratory science. Since 1948, AACC has worked to advance the common interests of the field, providing programs that advance scientific collaboration, knowledge, expertise, and innovation. For more information, visit www.aacc.org.

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