Do the new women know? >>> Our History: Dow Corning long list of laboratories... Quest Diagnostics and more

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From a silent sister:

I don't believe DOW has any interest in Quest now.

I wonder if their relation to DOW had any bearing on the tests they offered, or the results?

It's unlikely we'll ever know.

Rogene

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Our History: Dow Corning long list of laboratories... Quest Diagnostics and more

In 1967 in New York City, Dr. Brown launched the clinical laboratory industry with his vision to offer high quality, highly automated and cost-effective clinical testing. The business was named MetPath, for Metropolitan Pathology, and it quickly became the leading independent testing

laboratory in the greater New York metropolitan area.

Corning Incorporated purchased MetPath in 1982 and continued to build the company. The business continued to expand and additional companies were acquired, including Damon in 1993, land Medical Laboratory in 1994 and Bioran in 1994. Also in 1994, Corning acquired Nichols Institute, world-renowned for esoteric testing. Nichols Institute, considered the gold standard among many healthcare professionals, has been an important liaison between the academic, scientific and medical communities, contributing tremendous knowledge to the field of diagnostic testing, services and information.

On December 31, 1996, Corning Incorporated spun off the laboratory testing business to its shareholders, establishing Quest Diagnostics as an independent company trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the Symbol "DGX."

With the acquisition of Kline Beecham Clinical Laboratories (SBCL) on August 16, 1999, Quest Diagnostics became the nation's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services.

Quest Diagnostics continued to expand through a combination of business growth and business acquisitions, adding American Medical Laboratories (AML) in 2002. The AML laboratory in Chantilly , Virginia , became an East Coast extension of the Nichols Institute, allowing Quest Diagnostics to offer highly specialized esoteric testing on both coasts.

In 2003 the company completed its acquisition of Unilab Corporation, solidifying its presence throughout the state of California .

Today, Quest Diagnostics performs more than a million tests every business day, serving approximately half of the physicians and hospitals in the United States .