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Metagenomics test identified pathogens missed by conventional lab tests in 44 percent of immunocompromised children treated for respiratory infection

Thirty million people have chronic kidney disease (CKD), but only 3.6 million know they’ve got the disease. With few early symptoms, people may not realize they have the disease until their kidney function is significantly depleted. That can be fatal without dialysis or a kidney transplant.

The mother decided—against her earlier leaning—to have a non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) for the top three most common genetic abnormalities: Down syndrome (also called trisomy 21), trisomy 18, and trisomy 13. NIPT tests DNA in maternal blood to screen for those three anomalies.

The Department of Defense awarded a $10 million grant to be paid over four years to a multi-disciplinary team, some of whom worked on a University of Utah Health study published in February 2017. ARUP is a partner to the University of Utah, and has an extensive pain management panel. Photo by My…

Last Friday, Sept 22, 2017, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed CY 2018 Medicare payment rates for laboratory tests on the Part B Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS). 

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 the nation’s university medical centers, pediatric hospitals, and teaching hospitals. That involves planning for weather (such as hurricanes and…