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An article by Marianne Fillet et al at University of Liège in Belgium was published in the May 2021 edition of Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. It reported on a proof-of-concept …

The media frenzy surrounding the 2021 fraud trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder and CEO of blood-testing startup Theranos, has drawn the world’s attention. The Theranos story will gain …

Capillary blood sampling was first developed to extract blood samples from newborns and infants whose veins were too small for venous blood draws. The "heel stick" approach to collecting capillary …

When Fasha Mahjoor launched Neoteryx, he planned to change the way dried capillary blood is collected, to become the most significant blood microsampling innovator in the modern marketplace. In that, …

Capillary blood microsampling is a simple procedure that allows participants to draw their own blood in small, precise, useful amounts. This makes it easy to collect samples anywhere, which opens …

Venipuncture is painful. It's frightening. When you're performing research with vulnerable patient populations, it can pose a significant impediment to recruiting and retaining study volunteers. Traditional blood draws are particularly …