Daniel McDonald and Jack Gilbert (both University of California, San Diego; CA, USA) discuss the challenges faced during fecal sample collection and highlight important factors to consider when ...

Instead of a traditional speculum-involved pelvic exam to screen for cervical cancer, the US Food and Drug Administration has given the go-ahead for patients to have the option to collect their own ...

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has brought to light the need for expedient diagnostic testing. Cost and availability of large-scale testing capacity has led to a lag in turnaround time and hindered contact ...

Even space robots know what "pics or it didn't happen" means: NASA's Perseverance Mars rover provided a panorama of its recently completed sample depot—a big milestone for the mission and humanity's ...

Stool samples can help doctors diagnose some health conditions. Tips for collecting a stool sample include urinating before collecting the sample and using any tools that the sample kit provides.

Molecular diagnostics is an increasingly important clinical tool, especially in routine sampling. We evaluated two non-invasive methods (oral swabs and mouthwashes) for sampling nucleic acids from the ...

The recommendation comes after the first at-home test, a self-swab, received federal approval last year. By Nina Agrawal An agency under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services endorsed an ...