A hair strand drug test screens for illicit drug use and the misuse of prescription medication. Though commonly called a “hair follicle test,” this drug test only tests clipped strands of hair, not ...

On Feb. 6, a scientist in a small infectious disease lab on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention campus in Atlanta was putting a coronavirus test kit through its final paces. The lab ...

This type of medium is both selective and differential. The MSA will select for organisms such as Staphylococcus species which can live in areas of high salt concentration (plate on the left in the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Researchers at a University of Michigan lab have developed a “first-of-its-kind” blood test to detect head and neck cancers caused by human papillomavirus. The test is ...

If your doctor suspects you have one of several diseases, they may want to perform an “enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay” test. This is more commonly known as an ELISA test, and it can help to confirm ...

Antigen tests are one type of rapid test that may help diagnose COVID-19. Some rapid tests can provide results in 15 minutes. But, they may not be as accurate as other types of tests, such as a PCR ...

Last month, New York City officials announced they had identified the remains of another three victims who died in the Sept. 11 attacks at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. It was the latest ...

Scientists in Japan may have developed a way to accurately predict those patients who will resist treatment with imatinib, which is the standard of care for chronic myeloid leukemia. Scientists in ...

Kevin McKenna (left) and Kathleen Wang look over notes at the Charles S. Hirsch Center for Forensic Sciences Office of Chief Medical Examiner in New York City. They are part of a team working to ...