Dried blood samples (DBSs) have many advantages; yet, impediments have limited the clinical utilization of DBSs. We developed a novel volumetric sampling device that collects a precise volume of blood ...

Self-sampling of dried blood spots (DBS) offers new routes to gather valuable health-related information from the general population. Yet, the utility of using deep proteome profiling from ...

Dried blood spot (DBS) have been used as an alternative to plasma to increase access to HIV viral load monitoring and early infant diagnosis. DBS has also been applied as a sample collection method to ...

Due to the rapid human-to-human transmission and predominance of asymptomatic carriers, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) remains an international public health concern, ...

In vitro diagnostics, marketed directly to consumers without the involvement of a health care provider are called direct-to-consumer tests, or DTC, which are facilitated through easy-to-collect sample ...

Babies undergo a newborn screening test for inherited metabolic disorders within seven days of birth. The test checks for risk factors such as hypothyroidism, phenylketonuria and maple syrup urine ...

Quantifying amino acids from DBS using optical detection typically requires complex mixtures of buffers and/or ion-pair reagents, along with lengthy analytical run times. This study demonstrates the ...