Publication date: 15 February 2026 Source: Clinica Chimica Acta, Volume 582 Author(s): Anastasiya Mankouski, Luca Brunelli, Gwendolyn McMillin
Clin Chem. 2026 Jan 7:hvaf189. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvaf189. Online ahead of print. NO ABSTRACT PMID:41499264 | DOI:10.1093/clinchem/hvaf189
Clin Chem. 2026 Jan 7:hvaf178. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvaf178. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is increasingly performed using molecular tools that detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA. To ensure accurate and reliable results from the molecular tests, appropriate quality assessment is required. This involves implementing reference measurement procedures (RMPs) to … Read more
Clin Chem. 2026 Jan 7:hvaf180. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvaf180. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Neurofilament light chain (Nf-L) is a key early biomarker for axonal damage and neurodegeneration, increasingly used in clinical practice for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment monitoring. To ensure reliable clinical implementation, standardized measurement procedures and calibrators traceable to the International System of Units … Read more
Clin Chem. 2026 Jan 7:hvaf173. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvaf173. Online ahead of print. NO ABSTRACT PMID:41499260 | DOI:10.1093/clinchem/hvaf173
Clin Chem. 2026 Jan 7:hvaf177. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvaf177. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Germline loss-of-function variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 are established drivers of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, often acting through aberrant splicing. However, not all spliceogenic changes are pathogenic, and many variants remain classified as uncertain due to insufficient experimental evidence and challenges … Read more
Clin Chem. 2026 Jan 7:hvaf182. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvaf182. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Urinalysis is a standard clinical test that includes the microscopic examination of urinary sediment to identify formed elements. Manual evaluation by laboratory technicians is time-intensive and subject to human error. Automated analysis using digital microscopy images presents a potential alternative. This study … Read more
Clin Chem. 2026 Jan 7:hvaf167. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvaf167. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Prenatal cell-free DNA (cfDNA) screening is primarily designed to detect fetal chromosomal abnormalities, but can also identify aneuploidies derived from other tissues, including cancer. The identification of aneuploidies of unknown origin during prenatal cfDNA screening can lead to time-consuming multistage investigations and … Read more
Clin Chem Lab Med. 2026 Jan 8. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2025-1695. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT The secondary scientific use of routine laboratory data will increasingly rely on LOINC as a semantic standard, particularly within the European Health Data Space (EHDS). LOINC enables the aggregation of large data sets from clinical care for research purposes, particularly in … Read more
Clin Chem Lab Med. 2026 Jan 8. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2025-1126. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of robotic venipuncture in clinical settings and compare its performance with manual venipuncture in terms of blood specimen quality and test results. METHODS: From March to April 2025, 63 participants (35 females, 28 … Read more
