A new study shows that blood collected on a sanitary pad can be used for cervical cancer screening, opening the door to new diagnostics ...
An observational study from China finds that menstrual blood can be used to screen for HPV, the human papillomavirus, which ...
Menstrual blood HPV testing may offer a non-invasive option for cervical cancer screening with strong diagnostic accuracy. Learn more about the study.
Venous blood sampling is the most common invasive procedure in healthcare. A recent investigation performed by the Working group for Preanalytical Phase (WG-PRE) of the European Federation for ...
Researchers say blood sample strip, which can be used at home, can pick up virus that causes cervical cancer ...
Lancing a finger elicits minimal pain in humans and is applied routinely to obtain small volumes of blood for clinical diagnostics. A modified lancet bleeding method and several blood sampling ...
Blood sampling in rodents is common practice in scientific studies. Some of the refined methods widely used are the puncture of the saphenous vein or tail vein, or even tail docking. The handling ...
A previous study showed that blood sampling either automatically, through a catheter, or by puncture of the tail vein is less stressful than facial vein phlebotomy in mice. We decided to investigate ...