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 ...

The company is scaling up manufacturing and commercial activities as it prepares to enter the U.S. market via the Food and Drug Administration’s de novo pathway.

Shortly after securing an FDA clearance last month for its simple, self-operated blood sample collection device, Tasso has teamed up with Catapult Health to help propel its device into people’s homes.

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 ...

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 ...

A blood osmolality test measures the blood for the concentration of certain dissolved particles. This test can show whether a person has an irregular balance of fluids in their body. Osmolality tests ...