For centuries, the field of pathology has been defined by a single instrument: the microscope. But according to William Westra, MD, vice chair of Anatomic Pathology at Moffitt Cancer Center, the field ...

NYU Langone Health has launched a digital pathology program, transforming disease diagnosis from microscopes to high-definition images, shareable in real time across the hospital network. This change ...

Microscopy continues to transform the life sciences. Here are five recent breakthroughs made possible by the technique.

Despite recent advances in diagnosing cancer, many cases are still diagnosed using biopsies and analyzing thin slices of tissue underneath a microscope. Properly analyzing these tissue sample slides ...

Human pathologists are extensively trained to detect when tissue samples from one patient mistakenly end up on another patient's microscope slides (a problem known as tissue contamination). But such ...

Diana Kwon is a freelance science journalist based in Berlin. If you’ve ever had a biopsy, you — or at least, your excised tissues — have been seen by a pathologist. “Pathology is the cornerstone of ...

The goal is not to replace the pathologist -- you probably don't want to trust your entire cancer screening to a machine just yet. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

A pathologist is a doctor who looks at bodies and body tissues. They run tests in a lab and often work in tandem with other medical specialists to diagnose medical conditions. Pathology is broken up ...

Pathology has long been the cornerstone of cancer diagnosis and treatment. A pathologist carefully examines an ultrathin slice of human tissue under a microscope for clues that indicate the presence, ...