October 13, 2026
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Nick Lanyi
A new opportunity to speak up for pathology. A new way to rapidly identify brain tumors. And a new guide to parasitology. These stories and more coming up next. Welcome to CAP News. I'm Nick Lanyi with the College of American Pathologists. It's Tuesday, October 13th. Here's what's making news in pathology and laboratory medicine. Save the date. On November 18th, CAP members around the country will meet virtually with congressional offices to advocate for issues important to pathology. The CAP is asking you to participate in this year's Fall Virtual Hill Day to make sure pathology's voice is heard on several key issues, including preventing additional cuts to Medicare physician payments and addressing workforce shortages. Direct contact from constituents is the most effective way for members of Congress to understand how federal policies affect patients and health care professionals. CAP advocacy staff will schedule meetings and provide everything you need. You can register at the CAP website. A new diagnostic test can identify a brain tumor type in less than two hours. Researchers at the University of Nottingham in the UK developed the novel method of DNA sequencing. They extracted specific bits from multiple regions of DNA to analyze at the same time, greatly speeding up a process that otherwise can take several days or even weeks. In some cases, test results can be used during the surgery itself, improving patient outcomes. An article in the journal Neuro Oncology reported that the new method had a 100% success rate in 50 brain tumor surgeries. It is now being tested in hospitals across the UK. There's still time to register for next week's CAP webinar on proficiency test compliance. It will cover how to determine if a proficiency test is required by law or for CAP accreditation, what to do if a laboratory fails a proficiency test, and related topics. The one-hour webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, October 21st at noon central time. Register at the education section of the CAP website. And finally, the CAP is now offering the new second edition of its parasitology benchtop reference guide. Here's author, Dr. Bobby Pritt, Director of the Mayo Clinic's Clinical Parasitology Laboratory and Chair of its Division of Clinical Microbiology.
Dr. Bobbi Pritt
This guide is more than just a book that you'd put on your shelf. It's not just a catalog of parasites. It's really designed to be used on the bench.
Nick Lanyi
The sturdy spiral-bound guide covers more than 70 parasites.
Dr. Bobbi Pritt
It's designed to help users recognize the really important diagnostic features that allow you to differentiate one medically important parasite from another. And the emphasis really is on organisms encountered in real clinical practice.
Nick Lanyi
Dr. Pritt added extensive updates along with co-authors Blaine Mathison, a research scientist at ARUP Laboratories in Salt Lake City, and Heather Morris, a Mayo Clinic Technical Specialist.
Dr. Bobbi Pritt
The second edition provides expanded coverage and refined tools for identification of these medically important parasites. We have updated tables because, of course, things like taxonomy and nomenclature continue to evolve with our understanding of these parasites. We also have new clinical and epidemiological information and many, many new high-quality color images.
Nick Lanyi
Order your copy at the CAP website. And if you have a story you'd like us to cover, write to us at stories at CAP.org. We'll be back Wednesday at 5 AM Eastern with another edition of CAP News. I'm Nick Lanyi. Have a wonderful day.