Specimen Spotlight

Got a gut feeling? It could be your biology. This month, we highlight an order of healthy, fresh intestinal tissue for a team of researchers studying what is known as the gut-brain axis. We are providing them with samples from the stomach, duodenum, colon, and other intestinal regions to study the intestinal microbiome, or the…

For our October Specimen Spotlight, rather than highlighting one particular order, we present to you some seemingly spooooky requests we’ve actually received from researchers and organizations. While you might think such requests are rare, scientists across the globe are conducting a variety of studies requiring specimens that seem more frightful than insightful. But new diagnostics…

Congestive heart failure (CHF), a progressive condition that affects the pumping power of the heart, currently impacts about 5.7 million adults in the United States. CHF is often life-threatening, with 50% of patients passing away within five years of diagnosis. The most common type of CHF is left-sided CHF, and when fibrosis, a related scarring…