A doctor's visit often ends with you leaving with a pathology request form in hand. The request form soon has you filling a sample pot, having blood drawn, or perhaps even a tissue biopsy taken. After ...

In vitro diagnostics, marketed directly to consumers without the involvement of a health care provider are called direct-to-consumer tests, or DTC, which are facilitated through easy-to-collect sample ...

Blood sample hemolysis remains a persistent challenge in clinical laboratories, where the inadvertent rupture of erythrocytes can lead to the release of intracellular components that interfere with ...

Standardization and reproducibility are prerequisites for peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) generation from donor or patient samples in PBMC-based studies. Whether you are analyzing ...

Christine Carson is a founder with a financial interest in Cytophenix, a company developing new diagnostic tests. Her work is supported by government funding sources, philanthropy and private ...