Specimen collection involves the capture and euthanasia of wildlife for scientific study. One camp of scientists holds that specimen collection is necessary to document a new species, while the other ...

Variable methods of collection, processing, and storage of clinical trial biospecimens across these groups have resulted in variability of specimen condition and quality as well as subsequent research ...

A new "compassionate collection" proposal has gotten museum curators thinking about preservation methods. Museums house thousands of animal specimens that are ancient, extinct, newly discovered and ...

Smithsonian scientists utilize a new formula to extract fragile genetic data from bats collected decades ago Jack Tamisiea Over the past 150 years, the National Museum of Natural History has compiled ...

NORTHFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Patients battling lung disease are frequently diagnosed through minimally invasive procedures that allow clinicians to perform vital ancillary tests on increasingly ...