Carolina Liquid Chemistries Corp. (CLC), also known as The Reagent Company, has been providing chemistry reagents to clinical laboratories for over 25 years. CLC recently added the EZ Vitamin D assay ...

Low vitamin D can cause skeletal disorders, such as rickets in children and bone loss in adults, and has been linked to an increased risk of hip fractures. Although research is still being conducted ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that it has filed a 510(k) submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a fully automated ...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEL), a provider of rapid diagnostic testing solutions, cellular-based virology assays and molecular diagnostic systems, announced today it has ...

Here we present evidence that the use of a monoclonal ELISA to measure vitamin D–binding protein in persons of African ancestry introduces a critical flaw into the calculation of free or bioavailable ...

The Vitamin D Blood Test (25-OH Vitamin D): Who, How, When, and Where Clinically speaking, things began to change in the 1970s when the blood test for vitamin D (known as the "25-OH vitamin D" test) ...

Don't be surprised if your doctor orders a vitamin D test during your next physical. Blood tests to check levels of the so-called sunshine vitamin are on the rise as doctors and patients react to ...

A recent study published in Nutrients developed a novel and high-throughput assay to evaluate cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide (CAMP). Cathelicidins exhibit broad-spectrum activity against ...

We need vitamin D at various stages for our insulin pathways to work well, from insulin production in our pancreas to insulin resistance in our cells. So it’s no surprise that people newly diagnosed ...

A growing body of research suggests that vitamin D may play a subtler role in mood than previously assumed, becoming most ...