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FW: September 2011: Untangling the knot of mitochondrial disease

 

 

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Subject: September 2011: Untangling the knot of mitochondrial disease

having trouble reading this email? View it in your browser September 2011 digital edition September 19, 2011 In this issue Decades on, IHC keeps making its mark AP labs seek to sync with growing IT menu Directing a lab: sink, swim— or look to CAP course From the President's Desk: Survival skills for small practices Eyes on the prize improves AP specimen processing Lab automation— total tube management and more Product guide: Laboratory automation systems and workcells Full automation as solution— U of Iowa's story Checklists now slimmer, simpler, ROAD-mapped How to prepare for an interview, size up an offer Pharmacogenomics and more at AACC 2011 Clinical Pathology Abstracts Anatomic Pathology Abstracts Q & A Newsbytes Marketplace People Put it on the Board Classified Advertising New online, interactive version of product guides Compare and contrast lab instruments and software feature by feature using the new online, interactive version of CAP TODAY's renowned product guides. Laboratory automation systems and workcells In vitro blood gas analyzers Automated molecular platforms Chemistry analyzers for mid- and high-volume laboratories Positive patient identification products Automated immunoassay analyzers Coagulation analyzers—point of care, self-monitoring Billing/accounts receivable systems Laboratory-provider links software Bedside glucose testing systems Middleware systems Anatomic pathology computer systems Coagulation analyzers Hematology analyzers Laboratory information systems Chemistry analyzers for low-volume laboratories Blood bank information systems NOT A SUBSCRIBER? Access our online form to request your complimentary CAP TODAY magazine subscription. Stay informed on emerging issues through feature articles, concise news items, regular columns, CPT coding questions, and scientific abstracts. Subscribe or renew now. More information For more information about our digital edition, please contact us. Unsubscribe To be removed from this advance notification list, e-mail us. Untangling the knot of mitochondrial disease Karen Titus Experts in mitochondrial disease are a persevering lot. Like Tristan and Isolde filling their lungs for Act 2, they're in it for the long haul. "It's a field I've been in for 35 years," says Michael J. Bennett, PhD, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and director, Metabolic Disease Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "And we're all still learning, basically." "It's a difficult field," agrees Brian Robinson, PhD, director of the mitochondrial research laboratory, Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto. "Even though I've been in it for 30 years, it's hard for me to figure out where it's headed." Patients with mitochondrial disease generally search for years for a diagnosis, often consulting multiple specialists and undergoing numerous tests before the appropriate tests are performed, say Drs. Douglas Wallace (left) and Michael Bennett. "People ought to be aware that it's a possibility from a clinical perspective," Dr. Bennett says, "not something you suddenly realize you haven't done at the end." "I've been at this now for 40 years," says Douglas C. Wallace, PhD, the Michael and Charles Barnett Chair of Pediatric Mitochondrial Medicine and Metabolic Disease, and director, Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine, CHOP. "When I started, nobody thought that studying mitochondrial DNA would be of any interest clinically." Only in recent years has medicine done an about-face on the matter, says Dr. Wallace, who likes to talk about the need to upend 150 years of Mendelian genetics in order to arrive at a proper diagnosis of mitochondrial disease. If those are the experts talking, what are the prospects for physicians whose outlooks are less mitochondrial-centric? The pace may be about to pick up, actually. While there's nothing easy about understanding and diagnosing mitochondrial disease—especially in children—breakthroughs appear imminent and could put laboratories in the thick of mitochondrial diagnostics. "These diseases are extraordinarily common, not rare," says Dr. Wallace, who is also professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. (A common estimate is one in 4,000 or 5,000 lifetime risk, though others, including those interviewed for this article, suggest the risk may be one in 2,000, or even less, for children.) "So the need for this testing is going to be great in almost every path lab." [more] The CAP member mailing list is closed and confidential. Its purpose is to distribute important news and information to CAP members. To be removed from this list, e-mail us or call the Customer Contact Center at 800-323-4040, option 1. College of American Pathologists, 325 Waukegan Road, Northfield, Illinois 60093