Tests that look at changes in biochemistry have an important application in medicine, including point-of-care cardiac testing and monitoring heart failure. Biochemical tests can also be used to ...

Newborn screening (NBS) is routinely performed across the world using biochemical testing methods. Recent advancements in genetic sequencing are a potential game-changer for newborn screening, swiftly ...

Prenatal genetic testing determines if an offspring is at risk of genetic or hereditary conditions. This can inform the parents of decisions such as keeping the child or not or adjusting to help them ...

FORT BENNING, GA - For the third time this decade, Fort Benning's Army Substance Abuse Program has won the Army's Installation Biochemical Test Coordinator of the Year award. SFC(R) Penny Carter, Fort ...

Imagine detecting cancer years before symptoms develop with a simple blood draw. That possibility is driving growing interest ...

Genetic testing is a minimally invasive medical test that doctors use to identify genetic mutations or variants that can lead to certain diseases or conditions. Doctors use various types of genetic ...

NEWKIRK, Ok. -- A small community is fighting against the federal government’s biochemical warfare testing. Through a contract with Oklahoma, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will release what ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

A new study finding that samples from maternal urine and the meconium of their newborn babies frequently produce different results is raising more questions about drug testing of pregnant women. The ...