UCLA and Leica Biosystems to collaborate in digital pathology

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The UCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Leica Biosystems will collaborate in digital pathology.

Product testing will be conducted with UCLA to validate digital pathology in a high-volume setting. This joint effort builds upon the existing relationship between UCLA and Leica Biosystems that was established in 2011.

The pathology team at UCLA will be working with Leica Biosystems Aperio ePathology and will test and provide quantitative feedback on current and next-generation products from bench research to full clinical adoption.

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