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- The Research Laboratory
- Background
- Science
- Laboratory
- Scientist
Background
Every test that is performed on patient samples in the clinical laboratory has at some point gone through a development stage. This process enables the set up of accurate and efficient technologies based upon the discovery of biological indicators that differentiate a state of disease from health. During the development it must be shown that diagnostic results are relevant, reliable and reproducible. This is where the research scientists come in as an integral part of the immunology laboratory providing the scientific basis for the often complex diagnostic assays carried out on a routine basis.
The purpose of research isn’t only to design accurate methods of diagnosis, it is also extremely important in understanding all aspects of disease including genetic and social predisposition to disease, causative factors, disease processes and progression, disease epidemiology and perhaps most importantly the action and effect of different drugs on disease outcome.
