Blood test measuring epigenetic instability aids in detecting early-stage cancers

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a novel liquid biopsy approach to identify early-stage ...

Here's how Florida tested popular candy brands for arsenic

The Florida Department of Health recently tested 46 popular candy brands, including Snickers, Skittles and Sour Patch Kids ...
The New York Times

The Rise of the Self-Serve Blood Test

The start-up Function will send practically anyone to a lab for extensive medical testing, no physical required. Is that a good thing? By Kristen V. Brown As Kimberly Crisp approached middle age, ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Laboratories push back on looming Medicare test cuts

Laboratory and diagnostics companies are urging Congress to halt Medicare reimbursement cuts for hundreds of clinical tests set to take effect Jan. 31. CMS plans to implement up to 15% reductions to ...
Space.com

Rocket Lab launches hypersonic test flight for US military (photo)

Rocket Lab launched its hypersonic test vehicle for the sixth time ever this week. The HASTE suborbital rocket lifted off Tuesday (Nov. 18) at 8 a.m. EST (1300 GMT) from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 2 ...
Daily Inter Lake

Direct-access lab testing service opens in Kalispell

Eric Gardner, owner of Any Lab Test Now in Kalispell. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Medical supplies at Kalispell's Any Lab Test Now. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Eric Gardner, owner of Any Lab ...
SpaceNews

Rocket Lab’s proposed acquisition of Mynaric faces sovereignty test

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Fresh questions are emerging over Rocket Lab’s proposed acquisition of German laser communications firm Mynaric as Europe doubles down on its push for domestic space and ...
Reuters

US FDA to roll back lab-developed test oversight rule following court decision

Sept 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will rescind a rule that tightened regulations for clinical laboratories and gave the agency more oversight of diagnostic tests developed by ...
CNN

Alexey Navalny’s widow says lab tests prove Russian opposition figure was poisoned in prison

Laboratory tests of smuggled samples taken from late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny show that he was poisoned when he was imprisoned in a Siberian penal colony, his widow Yulia Navalnaya has ...
NBC News

Lab tests show Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned, his wife says

Tests by two foreign laboratories show that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned before he died in an Arctic penal colony last year, his wife said Wednesday. Russia’s prison service ...
The New York Times

Cue the Sun: This Lab Recreates Hot, Sweaty Days to Test Humans

Our reporter hits the treadmill to understand how scientists study extreme heat. Our reporter hits the treadmill to understand how scientists study extreme heat. A heat lamp at the University of ...