Medical Laboratory Science relates to many Health Care Sciences which focus on the production and analysis of accurate and reliable test procedures and results in the medical laboratory, usually involving the life sciences (including andrology, cancer genomics, clinical biochemistry, clinical immunology, genomics, genomic counselling, haematology/transfusion science, histocompatibility and immunogenetics, histopathology, microbiology and reproductive science). This important technical and scientific work supports pathology and the diagnosis and treatment of disease. This field also involves medical research and development, biotechnology, mortuary technology, and veterinary pathology. Employment opportunities exist in hospital and community laboratories, private laboratories and companies, government agencies, industry, research institutions, and the armed forces.