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International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) World Congress 2024: key takeaways

International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) World Congress 2024: key takeaways

The International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) World Congress was recently held in Sydney, Australia. To better understand the landscape of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and where diagnostic elements play a role, the Lab Insights team attended the conference to hear insights from global experts. Increasing access to STI care through diagnostics Increasing access […]

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Increasing access to STI care through innovations in diagnostics

Increasing access to STI care through innovations in diagnostics

At the 25th International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) World Congress, an interactive panel on increasing access to sexually transmitted infections through innovations in diagnostics was held. The interactive panel discussion with experts from around the world, brings diverse perspectives from academia, patient care, the laboratory, and public health sectors. The panellists shared their

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Triage of HPV-positive patients with p16/Ki67 dual staining biomarkers in the USA and China

Triage of HPV-positive patients with p16/Ki67 dual staining biomarkers in the USA and China

In this webinar on using p16/Ki67 dual staining biomarkers in the triage of HPV-positive patients, experts from the United States and China share their experiences with these biomarkers in their routine clinical practices. As a gynaecological oncologist at UVA Health, Professor Leigh Cantrell emphasises that explaining the science behind HPV and its role in cervical

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Advancing women’s health: key takeaways from AOGIN 2024

Advancing women’s health: key takeaways from AOGIN 2024

The Asia-Oceania Research Organisation in Genital Infection and Neoplasia (AOGIN) recently held its bi-annual conference in Seoul, South Korea, with the theme “Empowering Women, Together against Cervical Cancer”. Despite having many tools that can prevent, screen for and treat cervical cancer, the conference opened with a powerful statement: “Every two minutes, a woman dies of

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Prof Dietmar Schmidt on improving cervical cancer screening algorithms with p16/Ki67 dual stain biomarkers

Speaking at EUROGIN 2024, Prof Dietmar Schmidt, Consultant Pathologist at MVZ Histology, Cytology and Molecular Diagnostics, talks about the benefits of using p16/Ki67 dual staining biomarkers as a predictor of risk for HPV-positive patients. Now with routine vaccination programmes being implemented alongside HPV primary screening in many countries, experts are looking to optimise the triage

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Optimising triage of HPV-positive patients with p16/Ki67 dual staining biomarkers

Advancing women’s health: key takeaways from AOGIN 2022

In this webinar on optimising triage of HPV-positive patients with the use of  p16/Ki67 dual staining biomarkers, two experts from Singapore General Hospital share their experiences with the use of this triage method. Prof Tay Sun Kuie, Clinical Professor and Senior Consultant OB/GYN and Dr Sangeeta Mantoo, Senior Consultant at the Department of Anatomical Pathology,

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Innovation in assisted reproductive technology: Dr Olarik Musigavong’s success in Thailand

Innovation in assisted reproductive technology: Dr Olarik Musigavong’s success in Thailand

As Director of The Maternal and Infant Health Department in the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand, Dr Olarik Musigavong speaks about innovative practices that are changing fertility care, as well as the role of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, the internet of things, and augmented reality. In this talk at RED 2023, Dr Musigavong

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Optimising screening and triage for cervical cancer: Prof Mark Stoler on why biomarkers are best

Optimising screening and triage for cervical cancer: Prof Mark Stoler on why biomarkers are best

At the 35th International Papillomavirus Conference (IPVC) in April 2023, Prof Mark Stoler of the University of Virginia Health System spoke about detecting p16 and Ki-67, two biomarkers that indicate the presence of transforming HPV infections. His talk assesses their efficacy to definitively show the presence of HPV infection in a patient, showing how the

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How Peru broke down barriers to cervical cancer screening

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At the 35th International Papillomavirus Conference (IPVC) in April 2023, Dr Gino Venegas of the Department of Gynaecologic Oncology at the Angloamericana Clinic in Lima shares how Peru tackled cervical cancer by addressing numerous barriers to screening, such as lack of awareness, affordability challenges, limited political commitment to progress, and social stigma around HPV testing.

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