the microsampling blog / remote specimen collection

In early May 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC), relaxed their face masking and social distancing restrictions for people who were fully vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, the virus …

Clinical trials are vital to advancing medical science, but they face many stumbling blocks. New technology has given researchers the ability to take clinical trials outside the trial site and …

Biological specimens like saliva, blood, or urine are often collected for use in routine patient monitoring and population surveys. Population surveys are essential because they provide current, detailed health and …

The rise of microsampling technology has dramatically simplified the process of specimen collection, whether for collecting blood or another bio-fluid. For blood collection, it is no longer necessary to undergo …

When your are conducting a research study in a low-resource area and you need to collect blood samples via traditional venous puncture, there can be significant technological impediments. Tubes of …