UPCOMING EVENTS

Critical and Point of Care Testing: Managing Technology for the Benefit of All Populations - 2008

September 18, 2008

Appropriate Laboratory Usage: 10 Ways to Reduce Unnecessary Testing

September 24, 2008

20 Years and Counting - 2008...What's New for CLIA '88

October 08, 2008

Linking Automation and Informatics in the Next Generation Clinical Laboratory: AACC's 10th Anniversary Lab Automation Conference

October 27, 2008

Low Level Troponin Results: Clinical Applications and Analytical Challenges - 2008

November 06, 2008

Laboratory Medicine: Into the Future

November 13, 2008

Reimbursement Update 2009

November 18, 2008

2009 Professional Practice in Clinical Chemistry: A Review and Update

April 19, 2009

The Van Slyke Foundation is AACC’s philanthropic program, dedicated to encouraging and supporting deserving clinical laboratory scientists and students around the world through a variety of grants, awards, scholarships and other programs designed to share the latest and best in clinical laboratory science and technology and improve health care worldwide.

2009 Annual Meeting Session Proposal
	Call for Proposals are now being accepted for the 2009 Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting Organizing Committee (AMOC) for the 2008 AACC Annual Meeting is soliciting high quality, innovative proposals (speakers and topics) for the Meeting's Education Sessions. Submissions must be received by 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on September 17, 2008.

2008 AACC Election Results Announced

Dr. Butch, AACC secretary, is pleased to announce the results of the 2008 election. Many thanks to all the candidates who ran this year. Their participation in the process is invaluable. Click the link above to see the results.

VSF to Open Applications for Past-Presidents’ Scholarship
	The Van Slyke Foundation will soon open applications for the 2009 Past-Presidents’ Scholarship that supports post-doctoral training in laboratory medicine. It has been stunningly successful, AACC needs your help to keep this vital and valuable program running.

Monitoring MPA in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients
	Can monitoring of levels of mycophenolic acid in patients who receive transplanted solid organs lead to lower incidence of adverse events and rejections? A recent report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reviewed the current literature.

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HEALTHCARE NEWS

Study questions use of newer antipsychotic drugs in children

A new study has found that older antipsychotic drugs are as effective as newer ones for some children.

Breast cancer vaccine could protect against aggressive HER2-positive breast tumours

Women with a certain type of breast cancer have been given hope in the form of a vaccine which promises to eliminate the cancer tumours.

Americans warned about deep vein thrombosis

Americans have been warned from top experts to learn about and prevent deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.

Pain-relieving gel makes mammograms a less painful experience

Women dreading the prospect of another painful mammogram can, according to researchers, relieve some of the breast discomfort by using a pain-relieving gel.

JOURNAL HIGHLIGHTS

Imaging and Biomarkers

Circulating methylated DNA as a biomarker for HCC

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