When a baby is born in the United States, a few drops of blood are taken from their heel to test for many conditions that could affect the child’s long-term health or survival. This testing is part of ...

Leeches may be creepy, but many people find hypodermic needles even creepier. That's one of the reasons why scientists have developed a new leech-inspired blood collection device, which draws blood ...

A new analysis method based on digital microfluidics developed by researchers at the University of Toronto (U of T) Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering could eventually eliminate the ...

Blood sampling is painful and invasive, plus it only tells you what's going on in the patient's body right when the sample is taken. So, how about this? Permanent skin grafts that glow green when ...

Cancerguard detects multiple cancers early by identifying specific DNA and protein markers in a blood sample. The test is available for adults aged 50-84 without cancer in the past three years, but it ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Aromatic amino acids and peptide backbones “most effectively discriminated” fibromyalgia from other rheumatic ...