Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health

Public Health	Lab Quality
Prepare for and respond to disease threats, and provide direct services, such as newborn screening, confirmatory and reference tests. Public Health More...	Ensure the quality of \|clinical and \|environmental laboratory tests through the country's most comprehensive licensure program. Lab Quality More...
Research
Study issues from drug resistance to environmental exposures, and investigate processes that contribute to health and disease using sophisticated tools, including a national microscopy resource. Research More...

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3D Map of Parasite's Protein Factory Yields Possible Drug Targets
A study by Wadsworth Center researcher Rajendra Agrawal, Ph.D., published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows unusual features in the protein factory, the ribosome, of a disease-causing parasite, suggesting possible drug targets. More...
CDC Validates Wadsworth Center's Swine Influenza A H1N1 Testing
Wadsworth's accurate use of a new assay to definitively identify cases of swine A H1N1 influenza has been validated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which developed the new molecular test. New York will no longer send specimens to the CDC for confirmation. More...