More than 10 million people develop tuberculosis (TB) each year, yet about 40% go undiagnosed. The main culprit is reliance on sputum-based testing, which many patients—particularly those who are ...

Tulane University researchers have developed an enhanced CRISPR-based tuberculosis test that works with a simple tongue swab, a potential breakthrough that could allow easier, community-based ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veracyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCYT), a leading cancer diagnostics company, today announced it has met its targeted enrollment for the NIGHTINGALE trial, which ...

Veracyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCYT), a leading cancer diagnostics company, today announced it has met its targeted enrollment for the NIGHTINGALE trial, which aims to evaluate the clinical utility of its ...

DETROIT – For decades, people suspected of driving drunk have had to take a breathalyzer. Now, a Michigan lawmaker wants to make it easier to test for drugs. An oral fluid screening could be the ...

A proposed bill in Michigan seeks to implement oral swab drug testing to reduce impaired driving, with backing from law enforcement. The bipartisan bill, introduced by House Representative Brian ...

Researchers have conducted a clinical study to show how a woman's genetic profile provides information on which hormone treatment is most effective for in vitro fertilization (IVF). The researchers ...

Biohackers live by the mantra, “Test, don’t guess” — figure out how well your cells and organs are aging, so you know the lifestyle changes to make and the supplements to take for a longer, healthier ...

Joy Milne first smelled the disease on her late husband, Les, 17 years before he was diagnosed with it Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock Joy Milne can smell Parkinson's disease and is working with University ...

A woman who can smell Parkinson’s disease is using her hyperosmia — an enhanced sense of smell — to help diagnose the degenerative disease early as part of a study funded by the Michael J. Fox ...

World Athletics said it had approved the introduction of a cheek swab test to determine if an athlete is biologically female. Sebastian Coe, pictured after he finished third in the election to be ...

The Transportation Security Administration is known for occasionally being a bit overly intense when searching passengers. Annoying as it is, it's in the interest of everyone's safety, and as long as ...