Nature

Reproducibility of antimicrobial test methods

Reproducibility, a cornerstone of the scientific method, is now receiving increased emphasis in the scientific world because too many research findings cannot be reproduced by independent ...
The Conversation

How do blood tests work? Medical laboratory scientists explain the pathway from blood draw to diagnosis and treatment

Medical laboratory testing is the heartbeat of medicine. It provides critical data for physicians to diagnose and treat disease, dating back thousands of years. Unfortunately, laboratory medicine as a ...
CNN

FDA moves to tighten oversight of laboratory-developed tests to make them safer and more accurate

The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing to step up its oversight of a growing category of medical tests called laboratory-developed tests. The FDA approves and clears many types of lab tests ...
The Conversation

COVID‑19 tests: how they work and what’s in development

There are two main ways to test for infection with SARS-CoV2 (the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 disease). The first is a very sensitive test that looks for the RNA of the virus using a technique ...