Serum, derived from blood, is obtained through centrifugation to separate cellular components. When blood is anticoagulated, plasma containing fibrinogen and clotting factors is produced. In contrast, ...

A research team in Japan has developed an efficient, minimally invasive cancer detection device that uses high-performance zinc oxide nanowires to selectively capture extracellular vesicles (EVs) from ...

“[…] we were able to reproduce systemic rejuvenating effects of circulating blood factors on the human skin, which have been so far only demonstrated in rodent ...

On January 10, as soon as the genetic sequence was posted for the new coronavirus then rampaging through China—it didn’t even have the name SARS-CoV-2 yet—Florian Krammer and his lab went to work.

A single night of sleep deprivation had a significant impact on human blood serum, based on new data from an analysis of nearly 500 proteins. Compromised sleep has demonstrated negative effects on ...

Blood tests help doctors detect multiple myeloma by measuring changes in blood cells and proteins associated with bone marrow cancer. A complete blood count (CBC) can show low red blood cells or ...

"Mindboggling." That's how Aaron Tobian, a pathologist and director of the Division of Transfusion Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, describes the speed of the spread of the COVID-19 virus—and Johns ...