Pathology. The Movie.
There’s not a lot to be said here, except that you’ve GOT to watch the trailer for this movie. It’s a must-see. Could we buy better publicity?
pathtalk.org is a weblog about pathology.
Testing-testing: do we give verbiage a bad name?
Like many people, I dislike the word “verbiage” , but just testing the waters for catchy blog titles. Directly influenced by my PGY year (4) I have been interested in report construction and the use of language to convey diagnostic findings, diagnostic uncertainty, and the interpretation of newer tests such as new molecular tests which [...]
Testing-testing: drug dosing based on SNPs?
Warfarin is one of the most commonly prescribed anticoagulants for prophylaxis and treatment of venous and arterial thromboembolic disorders or those at high risk for such disorders. Warfarin also has an FDA-issued “Black Box” warning for a high risk of fatal bleeding, most commonly from the gastrointestinal tract and in the brain. It acts [...]
Testing-testing: CGH me baby!!
Testing-testing: CGH me baby: I want to know how I measure up to the reference.
This is a very superficial post touching on an increasingly utilized testing methodology.
Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) (also has been called “competitive”) is a method for scanning the entire genome for variations in DNA copy number which is not currently common in [...]
Objective Pathology
Via Keith Kaplan’s Digital Pathology Blog, I found the website for Objective Pathology, a telepathology organization “focused on enhancing and accelerating educational and diagnostic pathology workflows”. There is a lot of good stuff at their site, but my favorite is the narrated virtual slide tours - there is an example of multiple myeloma here. [...]
