Tag: mcmaster-university-medical-centre
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HHS Hemoglobinopathy Clinic a role model in health equity
Celebrating 10 years of specialized care The Adult and Pediatric Hemoglobinopathy Clinic team at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) is passionate...
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HHS Hemoglobinopathy Clinic “a lifeline” for sickle cell patients
No one ever asked Roxanne Mahony, age 46, what she wanted to be when she grew up. That’s because in...
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“We view these samples as our patients.”
Patient care almost always includes lab work When senior medical lab technologist Brian Vandermey and his colleagues receive blood work,...
![Lemuel Pitters is a technical specialist at our genetics lab, Here, Pitters adds chemicals to DNA samples as a part of the preparation for loading a Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) instrument. The entire preparation process typically takes two to three days before loading the NGS instrument which reads the DNA sequences from all the samples.](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Genetics-Lab-Lemuel-Pitters-HRLMP-MUMC-23.07.10-Web-Size-014.jpg)
Career goals: From crime lab to hospital lab
Law enforcement path leads to health care Back in high school, Lemuel Pitters dreamed of a career solving criminal mysteries...
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ALS diagnosis transforms storyteller into advocate
“ALS does not define me. My focus is not on dying, but on living every day to the fullest and...
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Introducing a Cystic Fibrosis Nurse Coordinator
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most common genetic diseases affecting over 4,300 Canadians. It leads to mucus problems...
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