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Blood Test for Colitis Screening using Infrared technology could reduce dependence on Colonoscopy, study finds

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Protein secondary structure analysis of dried blood serum using infrared spectroscopy to identify markers for colitis screening. Journal of Biophotonics, 2017; e201700057 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201700057

A fast, simple blood test for ulcerative colitis using infrared spectroscopy could provide a cheaper, less invasive alternative for screening compared to colonoscopy, which is now the predominant test, according to a study between the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University...

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