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A blood test that analyzes levels of amyloid proteins by highly sensitive mass spectrometry could help physicians establish that Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is likely not the cause of patients’ mild cognitive impairment, finds a new study published in Frontiers in Neurology by researchers from Quest Diagnostics, the University of Florida and Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach.
Precision medicine in rheumatoid arthritis expanded in a small but key measure late last year, when Quest Diagnostics and Scipher Medicine announced a partnership to provide RNA extraction and sequencing services for the latter’s PrismRA test.
Quest Diagnostics Health Trends topics are selected with expectations that reports may reveal important new novel public health insights. We collaborate with national academic experts and leaders in public health on many of our studies. To find impactful findings, this external input helps shape the objectives and study designs. Many of our studies have been highlighted by premier news outlets, nationally and regionally, and have been integrated into professional guidelines.
Quest Diagnostics on Tuesday announced a new tool available to dermatologists for making treatment decisions for patients with melanoma. The gene expression test, MelaNodal Predict, is based on technology developed by the oncology biotechnology company SkylineDx and researchers at Mayo Clinic.
Years of exposure to nonstick cookware, fast-food packaging, fire-fighting gear and water-resistant household products have resulted in increased levels of PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," in practically every American's bloodstream. Quest Diagnostics announced Monday the first "consumer-initiated, physician-ordered blood-draw test for PFAS chemicals." The test, which you order online, will be available from most of Quest's approximately 2,100 diagnostic centers in the country and will include (if desired) a separate telephone consultation with a licensed physician to go over the results and ways to reduce the exposure risk.