How do blood tests work? Medical laboratory scientists explain the pathway from blood draw to diagnosis and treatment
- Written by Rodney E. Rohde, Regents' Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
Pathology analyzes bodily fluids and tissues using a variety of methods.Alvaro Lavin/Moment via Getty ImagesMedical laboratory testing is the heartbeat of medicine. It provides critical data for physicians to diagnose and treat disease, dating back thousands of years. Unfortunately, laboratory medicine as a field is poorly understood by both the...




