Exhibit 23.2 

Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP, Independent Accountants 

    We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting part of this 
Registration Statement on Form S-1 of our report dated September 20, 1996, 
except for Note 13 as to which the date is November 4, 1996, relating to the 
combined financial statements of Corning Clinical Laboratories Inc., which 
appears in such Prospectus. We also consent to the application of such report 
to the Financial Statement Schedule for the three years ended December 31, 
1995 listed under Item 16b of this Registration Statement when such schedule 
is read in conjunction with the financial statements referred to in our 
report. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in 
such Prospectus. 

/s/ Price Waterhouse LLP 
Price Waterhouse LLP 

New York, New York 
December 10, 1996 


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