UChicago Medicine plans to spend nearly $328 million to construct a four-story laboratory facility about a mile from its flagship hospital — a building that will be part of a larger partnership with ...

Medical laboratory scientists collect samples and perform lab tests, calibrate and maintain equipment, and perform statistical analysis. Their work is crucial for clinicians to diagnose diseases.

Although laboratory technicians and research associates perform similar tasks, their objectives are different. Lab techs conduct tests that assist physicians in confirming a patient's diagnosis. They ...