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In early 2026, Westlake will replace the Cobas with these two Chemsitry analyzers.
What are the Pro and the Pure?
The average life span of a red blood cell is this many days.
What is 120 days?
This show about a bunch of keeners includes Amy's neurobiology laboratory.
What is the Big Bang Theory?
This test measures the patient’s average glucose level over 90 days.
What is Glycosylated hemoglobin (or %A1c)?
This former NSYC member has a famous meme for the upcoming month of May.
Who is Justin Timberlake?
This inflammatory marker is used along with traditional lipid tests to predict cadiac risk and sudden cardiac death among healthy individuals with no history of cardiovascular disease.
These small red cell inclusions are commonly obsered post-splenectomy.
What are Howell-Jolly bodies?
In this series, the pain killer addicted doctor and his diagnostic team constantly run lab tests themselves — bloodwork, cultures, even autopsies.
What is House?
The main organ involved in protein synthesis and its breakdown to urea.
What is the liver?
This 34 second song by Jack Black is featured in a 2025 kids movie and is currently on the Billboard Top 100 Chart.
What is Steve's Lava Chicken?
1 in 5 Americans have have the gene that codes for modification of this protein which puts them at increase risk for coronary artery disease.
What is Lp(a)?
Auer rods commonly found in this type of leukemia.
What is acute myelocytic leukemia (AML)?
This 90s Cartoon Network show featured this boy genius who had a secret lab in his bedroom.
What is Dexter's Laboratory?
These two troponin fractions are specific to the cardiac muscle.
What are Troponin-I and Troponin-T?
This Texas native won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album in 2025.
Who is Beyonce?
When tested together, rhuematoid factor (RF) and this test provide greater sensistivity and specificy, ultimately resulting in a more accurate rheumatoid athritis (RA) diagnosis.
What is Anti-CCP (anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide)?
This type of anemia is characterized by a deficiency of vitamin B12 and can lead to neurological symptoms.
What is megaloblastic anemia?
Everyone's favorite flying, school bus driving, teacher was featured on this show.
What is the Magic School Bus? (Ms. Frizzle)
This is the most frequently used liquid consumible used in chemistry testing.
What is water?
This was the first video played on MTV on Aug. 1, 1981.
What is “Video Killed the Radio Star?”
The Cepheid MVP panel tests for Candida Group, Candida glab-krus, Bacterial Vaginosis
and this parasite.
Trichcomonas vaginalis (TV)?
This test detects abnormalities in the extrinsic clotting pathway?
What is the protime (PT)?
This fictional Texas resident and scientist now calls Bikini Bottom home.
Who is Sandy Cheeks?
This cardiac biomarker is released by ventricular walls of the heart in response to hypertension and volume overload?
What is N-Terminal pro-BNP?
The 2025 Superbowl half time show featuring Kendrick Lamar had this female athlete dancing on stage.
Who is Serena Williams?