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Capitainer Blog 2025 Year-in-Review

As we enter the last stretch of 2025, we look back at the topics covered on…

Alzheimer’s Blood Test: Why Don’t We Screen for Early Detection?

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia, accounting for approximately 60-80% of all cases.…

Dried Urine Sampling For Patient-Centric Kidney Health Management

In a previous article, we explored the possibilities for dried urine testing as an alternative to…

An Introduction to Hypothyroidism – Presentation, Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment

Hypothyroidism is an endocrine condition that occurs when the thyroid gland doesn’t produce and release sufficient…

An Introduction to PSA Testing for Prostate Cancer

PSA testing measures prostate-specific antigen levels in blood to screen for prostate cancer. While the test…

Heavy Metal Blood Tests: What Patients Need to Know

Note: This is an educational blog post about heavy metal blood tests and does not constitute…

Heavy Metal Testing: An Expert Overview

As discussed in our previous article, heavy metal exposure poses significant health risks, with effects ranging…

Heavy Metal Toxicity Explained: Protecting Health and the Environment

Heavy metals are a long-lasting environmental contaminant that can pose serious public health risks if not…

An Introduction to Exposomics: From Environmental Exposures to Health Outcomes

The exposome is a newish concept that, in simple terms, refers to the measure of all…

Blood Plasma Microsampling for a Person-Centric Diagnostic Solution

Dried blood spot (DBS) testing is used for the analysis of many molecules associated with human…

An Introduction to Decentralised Clinical Trials

Decentralised clinical trials gained momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic, and their prevalence continues to grow rapidly.…

Publication highlight: Swedish study demonstrates compatibility of Capitainer self-sampling with Olink’s proteomics for large-scale health studies

To gain new insights about the long-term impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection, researchers in Sweden used a…

An Introduction to Multiplex Proteomics

Multiplex proteomics allows researchers to analyse proteins in two or more different sample preparations simultaneously. When…

Publication highlight: Swedish study validates clinical sampling with Capitainer®B in multi-panel drug testing

The need for supervised urine collection in drug testing programmes has prompted efforts to identify new,…

A User Perspective – Microsampling for Diabetes Monitoring 

Capitainer recently had the opportunity to sit down with Osborn, who lives with type 1 diabetes.…

What Can Dried Urine Samples Tell Us About Health and Disease?

In this article, we overview the possibilities for dried urine testing as an alternative to standard…

Publication highlight: Swedish study confirms suitability of Capitainer®B collection device for at-home sampling of HbA1c in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes patients

A recent study carried out in a Swedish clinical testing laboratory aimed to evaluate the suitability…

Blood Sampling Cards: An Expert Overview

Blood microsampling is a method used to collect and analyse very small volumes of blood for…

A user perspective – microsampling in the birth cohort BAMSE

In connection with a recent interview for a Swedish newspaper about the world-leading birth cohort BAMSE,…

The Importance of HbA1c in Diagnosing Diabetes and Monitoring Long-Term Glucose Control

Over the last three decades, HbA1c testing has gained a prominent role in the diagnosis of…