Brown recluse spider bites crawling upward
Vanderbilt medical toxicologists are reporting an increase in patients seen with brown recluse spider bites this summer.
Plants & Animals
Jul 24, 2014
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News tagged with urine test
Novel process to detect proteins could simplify kidney disease detection
(Phys.org)—Detecting whether a patient will have acute kidney injury could become as simple as dipping a paper test strip printed with gold nanorods into a urine sample, a team of Washington University in St. Louis researchers ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 15, 2012
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Private space station delivery to launch Sunday
A private company is on the verge of launching another cargo ship to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Oct 7, 2012
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New research may lead to new approach to detect prostate cancer
(Phys.org) -- An undergraduate student's technique for detecting certain metabolites in urine samples could lead to a simpler and more accurate way to test for prostate cancer.
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 24, 2012
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New, inexpensive paper-based diabetes test ideal for developing countries
With epidemics of Type 2 diabetes looming in rural India, China and other areas of the world where poverty limits the availability of health care, scientists are reporting development of an inexpensive and easy-to-use urine ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 16, 2012
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Droplets for detecting tumoral DNA
It will perhaps be possible, in the near future, to detect cancer by a simple blood or urine test. In fact, biologists from CNRS, Inserm, Paris Descartes and Strasbourg universities have developed a technique capable of detecting ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 23, 2011
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Toward a urine test for detecting colon cancer
Scientists are reporting an advance toward development of a urine test for detecting colon cancer, the third most common cancer in the United States. Such a test could eventually compliment or even reduce the need for colonoscopy, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 21, 2010
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New testing method hints at garlic's cancer-fighting potential
Researchers have designed a urine test that can simultaneously measure the extent of a potential carcinogenic process and a marker of garlic consumption in humans.
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 1, 2010
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