www.oncopathology.blogspot.com 1) Molecular profiling may help determine patient’s response to cancer therapies, research suggests. A pilot study of molecular profiling of tumors, helped to identify therapies that ultimately had an impact on the disease.The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center are “striving to profile individual tumors so that [...]
Coverage of the swine flu outbreak is ubiquitous Tuesday, with many media outlets running multiple stories on different aspects of the ailment and its effects. ABC World News (4/28, lead story, 2:45, Gibson) reports that a “White House request for $1.5 billion to fight swine flu underscores just how seriously they are taking this threat.” [...]
The World Health Organization has raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to phase 4 phase 5 for swine influenza, meaning that sustained person-to-person spread has been confirmed. Here is a map to follow suspected and confirmed cases of infection with the swine influenza A (H1N1) virus.
Global Digital Pathology Leader Further Expands Its Patents Portfolio Enabling New Forms of Image Query Vista, CA – April 28, 2009 – Aperio Technologies, Inc., (Aperio), a global leader in digital pathology for the healthcare and life sciences industry, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company patent No. [...]
Welcome back to the Parasite Case of the Week! I post a new case every Monday, along with the answer to the previous week’s case. Here is our new case for this week: The following was found in a lung wedge resection from a South American patient with hemoptysis. It measures approximately 5 mm in [...]
You can find the Parasite Case of the Week 3 at: http://pathtalk.org/archives/664 Answer: Scolex of Taenia solium. Congratulations to all of you who wrote in with the correct answer! This is the scolex (head) of the pork tape worm, T. solium, distinguished by its size (approximately 1 mm wide), 4 suckers, and armed rostellum (hooklets [...]
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