A New Test Kit to Detect Spoilt Food
...people each year in the United States alone. The dipstick test is still in development but could be on store shelves in two to three years, says study leader John J. Lavigne, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the school’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, located in Columbia, S.C. “There’s no other...Indian Scientists Develop Dipstick Test for Dengue
...ers have developed simple, safe and cost-effective dipstick for the early detection of dengue fever. The resea...virus uses. The protein was incorporated into a dipstick that shows a brown dot if a patient's blood sample contains antibodies to the virus — indicating an ...Researchers Developing Office-Based Cancer Screening Test
...ive a urine sample, and for the physician to put a dipstick in the sample and be able to tell their patient either 'There's no sign of cancer this year’ or 'Hmm, we'll have to find out what’s going on here’,' says Dennis Templeton, M.D., Ph.D., chairman of the Department of Pathology at the University of Virg...New Test For Detecting Trachoma
...as. Now scientists have developed a ‘sight-saving’ dipstick test that can give results in under half an hour. ...The researchers have adapted the 8cm long trachoma dipstick test on the "FirstBurst" test, which became so successful in detecting the sexually transmitted form...Caffeine Content In Beverages To Be Identified By Home Test Kit
...ngton University School of Medicine, is based on a dipstick analysis. The results of the present study have been published in the journal, Analytical Chemistry, a publication of the American Chemical Society. ‘We envisioned that a simple method to measure caffeine, even in hot beverages, such as coffee, wou...