November 16, 2017

Ben Kuhar, a network engineer at ARUP, spent two weeks in Puerto Rico helping rebuild IT infrastructure after Hurricane Maria.

November 9, 2017

Two visiting scholars from Ghana rotated through ARUP’s laboratories to gain knowledge to improve laboratory testing in Ghana, specifically at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital where they work.

November 2, 2017

Interview with Torrance (Tory) Meyer, a training specialist and technologist II in the Molecular and Infectious Disease (MID) Laboratory.

October 24, 2017

Olympians were closely checked for potential Zika infection from their time in Rio de Janeiro, but there was a surprise result.

October 20, 2017

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published proposed Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule. The rates outlined in the CFLS do not reflect the true cost or value of clinical lab services.

October 16, 2017

A number of studies reveal that 10–30% of laboratory tests performed in the United States are either unnecessary or inappropriate. A new report has guidelines for lab stewardship for test orders.

October 7, 2017

Cytogeneticists arrange and examine the 23 pairs of chromosomes to zero in on genetic variations. This work can aid in diagnosing cancer, autism, recurrent fetal loss, and other congenital anomalies.

October 5, 2017

After blood is drawn and sent to a laboratory, a medical technician may proceed with complex testing.

October 4, 2017

While slowing down a woman’s biological clock remains as futile as turning back time, reproductive medicine is finding a way to peer inside the clock to gauge just how fast it is ticking.

September 25, 2017


Keith Simmon is part of ARUP’s 15-member bioinformatics team, which supports next-generation sequencing testing.

September 19, 2017


ARUP Laboratories’ Transportation department is tasked with safe delivery of 50,000 specimens to the lab and into processing each day, from 50 percent of t

September 11, 2017

Confusion about lab test accuracy is not uncommon, even among medical professionals. Much of it stems from a misunderstanding of the relationship between sensitivity and specificity.