Novel innovations for stabilizing the plasma proteome in whole blood samples provide researchers with more confidence in their protein analysis. To reduce the preanalytical variability, scientists can ...

The Minnesota Department of Health would regain broad authority to test and store blood samples from newborn babies under legislation that has pitted medical privacy activists against advocates of ...

Most states do not inform parents of the retention and research use of newborn blood spot samples, according to the Indiana Center for Bioethics. However, a new Oklahoma law, Senate Bill 1250, ...

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Yourgene Health plc, a leading international molecular diagnostics group, today presented data demonstrating that prolonged storage of blood in EDTA tubes is compatible with non-invasive prenatal ...

In vitro diagnostics, marketed directly to consumers without the involvement of a health care provider are called direct-to-consumer tests, or DTC, which are facilitated through easy-to-collect sample ...

New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin has asked a judge to dismiss a federal lawsuit that aims to end the state's two-year retention of blood samples taken from newborns under a mandatory ...