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How malaria parasite test is done

Drain, dry and examine. Footnotes The authors declare no conflict of interest. This may be explained by partial antimalarial treatment or by sequestration of parasitised cells in deep vascular beds. However, P. The ability to detect the majority of the non- falciparum malaria cases also makes these tests ideally suited as major backup procedures for… Read More »

Sugars could be the key to an earlier, more accurate test for prostate cancer

A new type of test that uses complex sugars to detect prostate cancer earlier and with greater accuracy is being developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham. The test works by identifying sugars, known as glycans, in blood. These sugars are attached to protein molecules called PSA and are known to undergo distinct but… Read More »