To know where we came from

Quality care: where we came from and where we must go.

The focus of this new column will be to showcase innovative work that has advanced quality in areas of practice and care delivery that are of interest to the practicing oncology nurse. Examples include, but are not limited to, practice environment innovation, patient outcomes and experiences of care, team effectiveness, and unit-based or institutionwide system changes.

A look at where we came from and where we are going.

This issue of Cytometry celebrates the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Society of Analytical Cytology, now the International Society of Analytical Cytology (ISAC). This period has seen cytometry grow from its humble beginnings some 40 years ago to a technology that is used in a wide range of scientific disciplines in human, animal, plant, and material science studies. As illustrated by ...

"They want to know where they came from": population genetics, identity, and family genealogy.

This paper discusses the changing relationship between population genetics, family genealogy and identity. It reports on empirical research with participants in a genetic study who anticipated that personal feedback on the analysis of their donated samples would elucidate aspects of their own family genealogies. The paper also documents how geneticists, building on the practices of offering per...

Do We Know What We Do not Know? A Response to Celine Bonnet

Molecular approaches to diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis what we know and what we do not know.

Invasive aspergillosis (IA) are a major complication in immunocompromized patients where can be serious and rapidly fatal. Early diagnosis and early appropriate antifungal treatment is important in reducing mortality and morbidity. But despite many efforts to develop detection methods, the diagnosis of IA still remains challenging and current conventional methods are limited for adequate diagno...