Free samples of prescription drugs may seem like a great deal for patients. But even when doctors think they’re doing patients a favor by handing out the freebies, the real beneficiaries are the drug ...

A University of Michigan research team is collecting stool samples from people with norovirus symptoms or those who have recovered within the past three days in order to study the virus and seek a ...

The study used stool samples from five healthy volunteers to grow ex vivo gut microbiome cultures. These cultures were then exposed to five common microplastic types—polystyrene, polypropylene, ...

More than 70% of microplastics found in samples from oceans and rivers could come from the scientists collecting them. A new article investigates procedural contamination when sampling for ...

This study was looking at using samples of hair collected from people who were in clinical trials of new cancer drugs. The researchers wanted to know if they could use hair to find out more about how ...

Doctors usually want to run tests on blood samples as quickly as possible, before they start to degrade. As it turns out, such a practice may not be necessary. Scientists conducting experiments with a ...

Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS) has become the most popular technique for proteomics analysis. In this strategy, proteins of a sample are typically separated by PAGE and then digested ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — If you want to get some water with your burger, you might want to opt for a bottle, according to a study from Loma Linda University, located in Loma Linda, California. Researchers ...