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 ...

AUSTIN — The state will destroy an estimated 5.3 million blood samples legally collected from newborns but kept without parental consent under a federal lawsuit settlement announced Tuesday. The ...

The suit alleges that the state’s retention of baby blood samples for purposes other than disease screening violates the Fourth Amendment. (Getty Images) Plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit seeking ...

Jan 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. health regulator said on Wednesday it was expanding the medical device shortage list to include all blood specimen collection tubes due to supply challenges led by an ...

It’s one of the most exciting areas of cancer research, but identifying the tumors through blood tests remains difficult, particularly for early-stage detection. Researchers at the University of ...

If a drunken-driving suspect has enough sense to keep his mouth shut, no policeman can force him to admit how much alcohol he has under his belt. But what if the cop demands a blood sample which will ...

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 ...