It would be cool if there was some medication that could lengthen one’s lifespan (while at the same time, keeping the skin plump and rosy).
In case you’re feeling ambitious tonight (or, more likely, in a few days), here’s a list of our best Pathology Student quizzes.
See if you can solve this before scrolling down to see the answer and explanation! A 20-year-old male died suddenly and unexpectedly while playing basketball.
Q. How do you identify mitoses in histology slides? A. Great question. This is something pathologists have to do a lot and nobody really talks about what specifically makes a mitotic figure.
Moving on in our in our brain tumor series (check out the overview, astrocytoma, and pilocytic astrocytoma posts), today we’ll talk about oligodendroglioma.
Finally – after jumping through a LOT of hoops, The Complete Hematopathology Guide is now on iBooks.
Q. I have a question about the Philadelphia chromosome. The Philadelphia chromosome is present in chronic myeloid leukemia.
Q. I’m currently doing a research report on acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and I was wondering, are cytomorphology and cytochemistry important in the diagnosis of ALL?
Today’s post, authored by a very smart guest cytogeneticist, nicely describes array-based comparative genomic hybridization, a very cool new DNA test that gives us a way to detect genetic abnormalities that are too small to be seen under the microscope.
