HOUSTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) --Fingerprick blood tests spare patients the needle required for venipuncture, however research at Rice University calls into question the accuracy of using drops from a finger ...

Dry eye syndrome (DES) causes significant morbidity. Trials of blood-derived products in treatment of the condition show promising results. However, their production is expensive and time-consuming.

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has introduced a 95-pound testing device called "miniLab" at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry meeting in Philadelphia. The controversial blood testing ...

A world-first test that involves pricking a person’s finger could play a big role in telling you when you need to get booster shots. The Doherty Institute and Burnet Institute have teamed up to create ...

Fingerprick blood tests are becoming more common, but a new study finds that fingerprick test results can vary significantly from drop to drop. The study found that as many as six to nine drops of ...

Americans may soon be able to learn if they've ever been infected with COVID-19 with a prick of their finger and a smartphone — and without having to leave their homes. A Los Angeles digital ...

The opportunity presented in fingerprick blood testing is one that many companies are chasing. Among these is Israeli diagnostics firm Sight Diagnostics, which announced Wednesday that the Food and ...

To compare tacrolimus concentrations in fingerprick and venous whole blood assessed by HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY (HPLC T-MS) with tacrolimus concentrations in ...

Theranos Inc., the health startup that performs many routine tests with only a fingerprick’s worth of blood, plans to announce for the first time that it will become the preferred lab-work provider ...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), continues to spread globally. To date, over 142.1 million cases have been confirmed ...

I have always had doubts about Theranos from the get go, the failure to do peer reviewed studies was hugely telling and damning. The reason for the variations in fingersticks is obvious to any lab ...

In 2019, there were almost 14 thousand diabetes-related deaths in the UK. That number looks set to rise. Britain currently has 4.3 million registered diabetics, but new analysis from London Medical ...