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 ...

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 ...

Nova Biomedical is pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for a micro capillary sample mode on the Stat Profile Prime Plus ® Critical Care ...

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 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, ...

Nowadays a blood test usually requires a doctor’s visit, a needle poke in the arm, and a day-long wait for results to come back from a lab. So when Silicon Valley start-up Theranos promised a device ...