Reading List

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ASCP makes it clear that their suggested reading/reference list for the Technologist in Molecular Biology, MB(ASCP), and the Specialist in Molecular Biology, SMB(ASCP), certification exams “is intended only as a partial reference source”. The suggested reading/reference list below was last revised on ASCP’s website January 2025

Journals

• Clinical Laboratory Science. Published by American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science.
• Laboratory Medicine. Published by Oxford University Press.
• Medical Laboratory Observer. Published by Endeavor Business Media, LLC.

Texts

Immunology

• Miller, L.E. & Stevens, C.D. (2021). Clinical Immunology and Serology: A Laboratory Perspective (5th ed.). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company.
• Turgeon, M.L. (2025). Immunology & Serology in Laboratory Medicine (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.