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A new test that ARUP offers for preeclampsia risk measures the ratio between two angiogenic factors (sFlt-1 and PlGF) that are produced by the placenta and are involved in the pathophysiology of preeclampsia.

Bird flu is spreading from wild birds to poultry and dairy cows in the United States and in some rare instances has infected humans.

The Tasso+ self-collection device can be shipped directly to patients, facilitating remote collection of whole blood samples and eliminating the need for lab visits.

Presenters include Kimberly Hanson, MD, MHS; David Ng, MD; Patricia Slev, PhD, D(ABCC); Tammy Smith, MD, PhD; and Nicholas Spies, MD.

Tracy George, MD, ARUP chief scientific officer and president of the Innovation Business Unit, accepted an Innovation Award from Utah Business magazine.

Named for the white splotch on the back of females, the lone star tick is moving into new geographical areas, bringing infectious diseases, and causing allergies to red meat.

Fragile X syndrome is a common X-linked genetic condition and the most common heritable form of intellectual disability.

Representative Blake Moore (R-Utah, District 1) speaks during a House Committee on Ways and Means hearing held at ARUP Laboratories. Pictured from left to right are Celeste Maloy (R-Utah, District 2), Burgess Owens (R-Utah, District 4), Moore, Jason Smith (R-Missouri, District 8), and Brad Wenstrup, MD (R-Ohio, District 2).

Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) and other members of the Ways and Means Committee’s Health Subcommittee will participate in a field hearing on July 12 at ARUP Laboratories.

Karen Brisendine currently works as a technologist in ARUP’s Mycology Acid-Fast Bacilli (AFB) Lab, but she has worked in many departments at ARUP since she started with the company at its founding in 1984. Along the way, she has learned more about herself and discovered a passion for laboratory science.

Andy Theurer, ARUP CEO, speaks to a crowd gathered to celebrate ARUP’s 40th anniversary. Others on stage include, from left to right, Tracy I. George, MD, ARUP chief scientific officer and president of the Innovation Business Unit, Julio C. Delgado, MD, MS, ARUP executive vice president and vice chair and chief of Clinical Pathology at the University of Utah, and Carl R. Kjeldsberg, MD, an ARUP founder and former CEO.

Presentations and posters will cover topics such as mycobacterial infections, increasing rates of macrolide drug resistance, the state of parasitology following the COVID-19 pandemic, and more.