Point of care testing

New synthetic scaffolds that sit under the skin and attract cancer cells could provide the earliest indication of metastasis

How can we develop laboratory standards and regulations in India to close the gap between the services we offer and the services our patients need?

A new funding boost looks set to facilitate the deployment of the world’s first saliva-based rapid diagnostic test for malaria

From a urine test to a coloring book, we explore the latest in pathology and laboratory medicine with these bitesized news stories

Fingerprint drug screening is fast, easy, and noninvasive – offering dignity to patients and easing the testing burden on overloaded laboratories

A new, noninvasive test for assessing gut function could diagnose inflammatory bowel disease using only a small blood and stool sample.

Many previously laboratory-based tests now have rapid and reliable POCT alternatives – and primary care providers should be encouraged to use them.

With the increasing emergence of multidrug-resistant gonorrhoea strains, we interview two experts to discover how we can combat the issue

Existing tests for rapid diagnosis of TB are costly and insufficient – but second-generation assays with improved sensitivity could be the answer

The use of saliva as a diagnostic fluid seems an attractive option – especially now that research reveals circulating tumor DNA in the fluid