One indirect method involves comparing an athlete's blood profile at testing time to blood samples collected at previous times. Significant differences between the two indicate possible blood doping. Known as the Athlete Passport, this method is endorsed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). ...
Blood samples are often transported to remote centers, which takes time and requires special conditions. The aim of this study was to compare cytotoxicity assay results between samples preserved with three different anticoagulants to standardize the diagnostic procedure. Material and m...
1a). After removing low-quality samples (Extended Data Fig. 1 and Methods), we intersected the set of genes detected in healthy individuals (n = 75) with a database of cell-type-specific markers defined in context of the whole body9. Marker genes for blood, brain, and liver cell...
The research, published in the Medical Journal of Australia on Monday, analyzed over 1.3 million blood samples dating back to 1993. Lead researcher on the study Dr. Rena Hirani, a senior research fellow with Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, the national body responsible for the collection and dist...
The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of A, B and AB blood types and alloantibodies in non-pedigree cats from two regions, one in Northern and one in Southern Italy (Lombardy and Sicily, respectively). A total of 448 samples (52.0% from Northern and 48....
By looking for characteristic tumour DNA fragment sizes in blood samples, the researchers were able to detect 94 per cent of breast, bowel, ovary, skin, and bile duct cancers in 68 cancer patients, with a false positive rate of 2.5 per cent, i.e., the rate at which it identified ...
A small percentage of blood samples had positive PCR test results, suggesting that infection sometimes may be systemic. Transmission of the virus by respiratory and extrarespiratory routes may help explain the rapid spread of disease. In addition, testing of specimens from multiple sites may improve...
BACKGROUND: The ability to measure 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) levels from blood spot cards can simplify sample collection versus samples obtained by venipuncture, particularly in populations in whom it is difficult to draw blood. We sought to validate the use of blood spot samples for the mea...
Urine and whole blood (serum and plasma) for biomarker analysis Profiling solid tumors' genetic profile Worldwide, FFPE tissue samples tissue samples are commonly used for immuno-histological or molecular profiling for various types of cancer (e.g., prostate, breast, colon, brain). By using th...
Body conditions and detection of substances related to endocrine, glucose, and lipid metabolism The height, weight, waist circumference, hip circumference, and hirsutism scores of all women were recorded, and blood samples were collected in the first 2–5 days of their menstrual cycle at 08.00–10...