June 2010

Features

Cover Story

	Mass Spectrometry: An Emerging Path for Clinical Diagnostics
	by Madhushree Ghosh, PhD
	As diagnostics come to depend on increasingly sophisticated knowledge of biomarkers, mass spec emerges as a tool with revolutionary potential.


Cover illustration by Melissa Colton

	Chemistry Controls: Boring, Necessary, Valuable
	by Renee Diiulio
	Chemistry controls are a laboratory must, and innovation is subtle but constant.


	Technology Guide
	Chemistry Controls


	Accurate and Rapid Cardiac Testing Results Are Vital
	by Gary Tufel
	With cardiac misdiagnosis leading malpractice suits, biomarker testing increases in importance.

Product News

Equipment

Air Science USA
Bio-Chem Fluidics
Carl Zeiss
nano-porous systems limited
NuAire
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc

Computers/IT

Catalyst Development Corp
Waters Corp

Misc. Supplies

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc

Testing/Diagnostics

K-Sun Corp

Instrumentation

Digirad Corp
TandD Corp

Special Advertising Section

Pre-AACC Exhibitor Preview

Departments

	From the Editor
	Technologies Continue to Push Forward
	by Suzanne Clancy, PhD


	Spotlight


	News Briefs


	Tech Focus
	Urinalysis Products
	ARKRAY AUDIT MicroControls Inc Bio-Medical Products Corp Quantimetrix Sysmex America Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc


	Labworks
	One Day Only
	by Stephen Noonoo
	John T. Mather Memorial hospital cut C. difficile testing time by switching from a 3-day ELISA test to the Quik Chek Complete from Inverness Medical.

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