We have written at length about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) actions to promulgate regulations specifying the agency’s authority to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) as ...

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 ...

Thousands of preserved bug specimens from around the world have made their way to UMass Lowell to help enhance the study of insects. Biological Sciences Asst. Prof. Christina Kwapich is the new ...

Specimen collection involves the capture and euthanasia of wildlife for scientific study. One camp of scientists holds that specimen collection is necessary to document a new species, while the other ...

Ron Giegerich pulled out a drawer full of dead bluebirds. “These are great skins. Some are more than 100 years old and still intact,” he said. Giegerich, is an instructional support specialist at SUNY ...

For diagnostic testing, proper sample collection and transport play a pivotal role in the accurate and timely identification of a pathogen. When testing for respiratory viruses, the gold standard for ...

CARBONDALE — The first thing to strike a visitor to the anteroom housing SIU’s massive collection of bird specimens is its seeming guardian: An enormous, immature bald eagle frozen in full spread-wing ...

The University of Michigan is making "hiss"-tory, with the recent addition of thousands of creepy crawlers to the extensive research collection in the Museum of Zoology. And for goodness "snake," over ...

PARKERSBURG — WVU Medicine announced it is establishing five drive-through collection points in West Virginia to collect specimens from pre-screened patients to test for COVID-19, including one in ...