As these single-cell methods increase in use in the research world and ultimately make their way to clinical use, a blood stabilization technique like this could help increase the accuracy of ...

The technique entails collecting a small sample ... red blood cells used to identify the infecting species. Peripheral blood smear is easy to perform and relatively cost effective (under US$0 ...

Professor Igor Meglinski said the non-invasive technique can detect prostate ... the team analysed 108 dry blood smear samples from healthy volunteers as well as those who had prostate cancer.

“This study looked at whether a technique called droplet digital PCR (ddPCR), known for its accuracy, could be used to detect and measure HPV DNA in the blood of cervical cancer patient ...

Another diagnostic technique involves examining a blood smear under a microscope to provide essential information. For instance, a blood smear can help diagnose sickle cell anemia, a condition ...

Transplanting insulin-producing cells along with engineered blood-vessel-forming cells has ... The researchers wanted to develop a less invasive technique that allowed donor islets to be implanted ...

EVERYONE HAS a blood group, defined by the characteristic chains of sugar molecules, or antigens, that protrude from their red blood cells like spikes on a hedgehog’s back. Not all these groups ...

The researchers have developed a novel technique, CryoSCAPE, that uses a simple chemical mixture, pre-packaged in a small tube, to put blood into a type of “suspended animation” protecting it ...