Daniel McDonald and Jack Gilbert (both University of California, San Diego; CA, USA) discuss the challenges faced during fecal sample collection and highlight important factors to consider when ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first at-home collection kits for novel coronavirus testing this week. The kits, made by the Burlington, N. C.–based company LabCorp, allow ...

Today’s Clinical Microbiology laboratory is under tremendous pressure to perform quality testing efficiently while limiting additional cost to the medical institution. Many laboratories are being ...

Explore the MATERIAL SAMPLES COLLECTION, a hands-on resource created to provide inspiration, inform design thinking, and foster innovation. The Material Samples Collection is the result of a ...

Good preservation and storage are essential to preserving microorganisms’ genetic material in microbial communities from a wide array of sample inputs and accurately represent the bacterial ...

Stool samples can help doctors diagnose some health conditions. Tips for collecting a stool sample include urinating before collecting the sample and using any tools that the sample kit provides.