Background. Reliable reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)–based diagnosis of Ebola virus infection currently requires a blood sample obtained by intravenous puncture. During the ...

Background: Studies measuring human growth hormone (hGH) in blood during exercise have mainly used venous sampling. The invasive nature of this procedure makes evaluation of hGH impossible in various ...

Finger-prick dried blood sampling can accurately measure key Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers, including p-tau217, GFAP, and ...

The specimen of choice that enables the collection of small blood volumes from neonatal or critically ill patients is a capillary blood specimen. This specimen type has gained favour with many ...

The main goal of the molecular diagnosis of hereditary diseases is the identification of disease-causing mutations with a view to detecting carrier individuals who may benefit from early diagnosis, ...

New data suggest that blood glucose monitoring systems that rely on capillary samples may not be as accurate as arterial or venous sampling when used in patients receiving intensive medical ...

The company that aims to succeed where Theranos failed just achieved a critical milestone ahead of bringing its BetterWay blood testing service to market next year. FDA recently cleared the BD ...