Scientists at the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) have developed a single test, Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing (mNGS), that can rapidly identify infectious microbes in body ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Infection, researchers used laboratory diagnostic testing data of monkeypox cases. They performed mathematical modeling to predict how long monkeypox ...

A doctor's visit often ends with you leaving with a pathology request form in hand. The request form soon has you filling a sample pot, having blood drawn, or perhaps even a tissue biopsy taken. After ...

Scientists have detected microplastics in human semen and follicular fluid, the liquid that surrounds an egg in an ovarian follicle. "This is not an isolated finding –– it appears to be quite common," ...

In this study, researchers aimed to determine whether ctDNA is detectable in other bodily fluids besides blood, and to characterize any ctDNA they were able to detect.

Researchers have discovered a new biomarker for Parkinson's disease. A misfolded protein facilitates reliable diagnosis even in the early stages of Parkinson's disease in body fluids. Parkinson's ...