Medical laboratory testing is the heartbeat of medicine. It provides critical data for physicians to diagnose and treat disease, dating back thousands of years. Unfortunately, laboratory medicine as a ...

Learn about the many tests and examinations your blood sample undergoes in a lab. Giving a blood sample during a doctor’s visit is a common procedure. Discover the dizzying array of automated tests ...

Scientists used donor stem cells to grow red blood cells in a laboratory. A clinical trial of these cells is underway to see if they last longer in the body compared to regular donor blood. Lab-grown ...

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Blood culture is the most widely used diagnostic tool for the detection of bacteremia and fungemia. It is the most important way to diagnose the etiology of bloodstream infections and has major ...

Two people in the U.K. are the first ever to receive transfusions of lab-grown red blood cells. The pair are healthy volunteers in the "Recovery and survival of stem cell originated red cells" ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The human body is an intricate network of electrical signals, with every cell, tissue, and organ relying on precise electrical communication to function properly. At the heart of ...

The amount of time it takes to get the results of a blood test can depend on the specific type of blood test. It may vary from a short wait to 24 hours to multiple days or weeks. From cholesterol ...

In September 2015, Dr. Dena Marrinucci set out to perfect a tabletop device that could rapidly test a small amount of blood, returning results for more than 30 routine tests in under 30 minutes. If ...

A Filipino expert in laboratory medicine has continued to draw recognition locally and abroad for work in Immunohematology ...

In March, people crowded around BetterWay blood testing's exhibit space in the Austin Convention Center during South by Southwest. They watched people have their blood drawn from their fingertips to ...