Medical laboratory scientists collect samples and perform lab tests, calibrate and maintain equipment, and perform statistical analysis. Their work is crucial for clinicians to diagnose diseases.

The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing to step up its oversight of a growing category of medical tests called laboratory-developed tests. The FDA approves and clears many types of lab tests ...

Platinum-Free Systemic Therapy in First-Line Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma: Mirage or Oasis in the Platinum Desert? Cancer predictive or diagnostic assays, offered as Laboratory-Developed Tests ...

Mohana Ravindranath is a freelance health, science, and tech journalist and a 2025 Association for Health Care Journalists fellow. She was previously a Bay Area health tech correspondent for STAT.

Momoko Osuga is a medical laboratory technologist with a specialty in hematology, which is the study of blood and its components. She is one of the many laboratory professionals that play an important ...

A few weeks ago, when we revisited Eric Topol's top 10 digital health predictions, Topol mentioned microfluidics -- and the ability to create home versions of medical lab tests -- as one of the ...

Michigan Tech's medical laboratory science program has a 100% job placement rate and the field is growing 3% faster than other industries. × Michigan Tech’s medical laboratory science program boasts ...

Everlywell offers over 30 at-home test kits for food sensitivities, thyroid function, human papillomavirus (HPV), COVID-19, and more. Everlywell is an online company that offers at-home test kits for ...

Matter-of-factly the doctor says: “We’ll send this to the lab and have the answer for you in a couple of days.” Just as matter-of-factly the patient imagines that his blood or urine sample will go to ...

The nation's largest medical lab company says it recently discovered and fixed a problem that led to inaccuracies in a small number of tests for vitamin D deficiency. Quest Diagnostics of Madison, N.J ...