New Finger Prick Blood Test Rivals Brain Scans for Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

A new finger prick test claims to detect Alzheimer’s with 91% accuracy using p-tau217 biomarkers. Learn how this accessible ...
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Finger-Prick Blood Test Shows Promise for Early AD Detection

Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers measured from finger-prick dried blood samples closely match standard plasma tests and predict CSF pathology with good accuracy, a large-scale study shows.
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BD Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Potentially Transformative Fingertip Blood Collection Device

BD MiniDraw™ Capillary Blood Collection System Enables Lab-Quality Blood Testing from Less Invasive Method than Venous Collection in More Convenient Locations FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Dec. 7, 2023 ...
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Babson, BD Expand Strategic Partnership to Advance Diagnostic Blood Collection in New Care Settings

AUSTIN, Texas and FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Babson Diagnostics, a science-first, health care technology company, and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading ...
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Field Evaluation of Capillary Blood Samples as a Collection Specimen for the Rapid Diagnosis of Ebola Virus Infection During an Outbreak Emergency

Background. Reliable reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)–based diagnosis of Ebola virus infection currently requires a blood sample obtained by intravenous puncture. During the ...