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 ...

COBAS E 411 ANALYZER for use with Elecsys Vitamin D Assay by Roche Roche announced that it has received clearance from the FDA for a fully automated vitamin D test for use on COBAS modular platforms.

By the current blood test for vitamin D, most African-Americans are deficient. That can lead to weak bones. So many doctors prescribe supplement pills to bring their levels up. But the problem is with ...

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 ...

Should you get a blood test to see if you're deficient in vitamin D? It sounds like such a good idea, seeing as how most people don't get enough sunshine to make vitamin D themselves. And the tests ...

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 ...