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Kimberly Burgos Villar, Shelby M Hutcherson, Kazunori Murata. Immunotyping as an Alternative to Reducing Agents for Resolving Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Aggregates Observed on Immunofixation. The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, Volume 11, Issue 2, March 2026, Pages 345–349 ...  Show more

Nga Yeung Tang, Carmen Gherasim, Lee Schroeder, Hsuan-Chieh Liao, Qian Sun. Assessment of Instrument-Specific Variation between Measured and Calculated Bicarbonate. The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, Volume 11, Issue 3, May 2026, Pages 483–492. https://doi.org/10.1093/ja ...  Show more

Although hemoglobin A 1 C has high reliability , there a re certain settings in which hemoglobin A1C testing is thought to be problematic. 1 , 5 - anhydroglucitol or 1,5 - deoxyglucose is a monosaccharide originating mainly fr om foods and closely resembles glucose in structure , ...  Show more

Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disorder characterised by high blood sugar levels due to insulin resistance or insufficient insulin production. It's a growing global health concern. While diet, exercise and medication form the cornerstone of diabetes management, researchers are co ...  Show more

In response to popular demand, this week is glycation week. In this episode, I discuss the strengths and limitations of using Hba1c to measure our cumulative recent exposure to blood glucose and diabetes risk. Many people will be familiar with the fact that variation in red blood ...  Show more

A macrovascular complication of diabetes, diabetic nephropathy is progressive, chronic kidney disease seen in patients with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, usually after at least 10 years of hyperglycemia (high blood glucose levels). The three main lesions that are s ...