Thought LeadershipDrawing a New Path for the Future of Blood CollectionBridget BagnatoAfter nearly a century without change, blood collection is about to change for the better
Industry NewsEmerging Technologies Guide: June 2024Agilent Technologies, Streck, INTEGRARecent new and emerging technologies in the field of laboratory medicine
NewsNew Collection Tubes Preserve and Stabilize Blood ProteinsStreckThe preservative reagent in Protein Plus BCT™ maintains sample integrity during storage, shipping, and handling
Thought LeadershipExtracting Value from Potential Discards: The Importance of Sequencing Tumor Remnants for Clinical ResearchTracy Curley, MAccBulk-sequencing specimen remnants helps advance the development of next-gen diagnostics and personalized treatments
NewsFDA Clears First At-Home COVID-19 Antigen TestU.S. Food and Drug AdministrationThe over-the-counter at-home COVID-19 test detects positive SARS-CoV-2 infection with 89.8 percent sensitivity
NewsWorld’s First Brain Biobank Accelerates Clinical ResearchSwathi Kodaikal, MScThe CNIO network aims to use patient-derived samples to drive ethical, efficient, and high-precision clinical care
Thought LeadershipEnsuring Specimen Integrity Is Everyone’s JobEmily Berlin, BS, MBADelivering high-quality patient care heavily relies on eliminating medical errors and maintaining specimen integrity
NewsSampling Bias behind Errors in Malaria DiagnosticsCornell UniversityMathematical model identifies the impact of parasite’s life cycle and multiplication rate on sampling
White PaperMicrobiome Testing: Informing the Future with Microbial GenomicsMarnie WillmanGenomic information from the microbes in your gut may help with disease prevention, treatment, and monitoring
Thought LeadershipMore Than Spit: The Untapped Potential of Saliva Collection and TestingSuparna Mundodi, PhD, MBASaliva is easy to handle, inexpensive, and robust as a sample type