Laboratory tests – information, recherche et analyse

From CBC to CMP and beyond, blood test panels provide essential information to health practitioners. angelp/iStock via Getty Images Plus

5 février 2024

What do your blood test results mean? A toxicologist explains the basics of how to interpret them

Brad Reisfeld, Colorado State University

Your blood contains a wealth of information about the state of your health. Analyzing the levels of each component is an important part of diagnosis.

Nanoparticles (white disks) can be used to deliver treatment to cells (blue). Brenda Melendez and Rita Serda/National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

5 janvier 2023

Nanomedicines for various diseases are in development – but research facilities produce vastly inconsistent results on how the body will react to them

Morteza Mahmoudi, Michigan State University

The proteins that cover nanoparticles are essential to understanding how they work in the body. Across 17 proteomics facilities in the US, less than 2% of the identified proteins were identical.

Theranos promised that a drop of blood could yield many health secrets. RapidEye/E+ via Getty Images

5 octobre 2021

How Theranos’ faulty blood tests got to market – and what that shows about gaps in FDA regulation

Ana Santos Rutschman, Saint Louis University

The FDA has chosen not to regulate lab-developed tests like the ones at the center of the Theranos trial.

25 septembre 2020

The new 15-minute test has potential, but standard tests are still the best way to track COVID-19

Katherine Gibney, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity; Deborah Williamson, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity et Jodie McVernon, The University of Melbourne

A new test, which can diagnose COVID-19 in 15 minutes, has been approved by the TGA. But it’s no silver bullet.

There are functional tests for coronavirus, but not enough of them are being done. AP Photo/Paul Sancya

24 juillet 2020

Making coronavirus testing easy, accurate and fast is critical to ending the pandemic – the US response is falling far short

Zoë McLaren, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Ideally everyone could get tested frequently for the coronavirus. No state is close to achieving this, but some are doing better than others. What are the challenges in meeting demand for testing?

Thanks to its sensors, the smartphone can be a measuring instrument. A. Kolli, _La Physique Autrement_

27 mai 2020

Teaching experimental science in a time of social distancing

Julien Bobroff, Université Paris-Saclay; Frédéric Bouquet, Université Paris-Saclay et Ulysse Delabre, Université de Bordeaux

Practical work is essential for science education. But health measures compromise their traditional organization. Here are some game-changing solutions.

Alarmed by a rapid spread of Lassa fever, the Nigerian Academy of Science is calling on government to declare a health emergency. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

13 février 2020

Lassa fever: why there’s a call to declare a health emergency in Nigeria

Doyin Odubanjo, Nigerian Academy of Science

Concerned about rising cases and spread of Lassa fever, the Nigerian Academy of Science has called on government to declare it a national health emergency.

Very few laboratories in Uganda are accredited. Arne Hoel / World Bank

8 mai 2018

Private lab tests in Uganda are costly. But price doesn’t equal quality

Timothy Amukele, Johns Hopkins University

Considerable effort has gone into improving laboratory services in many African countries. But the quality of tests is questionable.

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