We have written at length about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) actions to promulgate regulations specifying the agency’s authority to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) as ...

Recommendations for specimen collection and handling have been developed for adoption across breast cancer clinical trials conducted by the Breast International Group (BIG)-sponsored Groups and the ...

There has been increasing concern in the biomedical community about the use of biological specimens obtained during clinical research. Current Federal regulations set out criteria for the use of ...

The CCTS offers specialized support for the entire continuum of research specimen-associated needs. Working closely with the CRU, phase I clinic and other UAB Health System clinics, research specimens ...

Core Needle Biopsies (CNBs) and Fine Needle Aspirates (FNAs) are the primary biopsy techniques utilized for pre-operative diagnosis, in many cases dictating the therapeutic approach for patient care.

Genomic rearrangements in lung adenocarcinoma: Lineage relationships between the in situ and invasive components.

Daniel McDonald and Jack Gilbert (both University of California, San Diego; CA, USA) discuss the challenges faced during fecal sample collection and highlight important factors to consider when ...

NORTHFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Patients battling lung disease are frequently diagnosed through minimally invasive procedures that allow clinicians to perform vital ancillary tests on increasingly ...

Clinical sample management, particularly for multi-centred trials, has been a challenge for every trial leader for many years and the advent of ever more complicated biomarker sampling has increased ...

A semen analysis is a central component of laboratory testing in the evaluation of an infertile man. A specimen is obtained, usually by masturbation. The collection of the entire specimen is important ...