Cancer-Detection Device Poised To Save Lives, Missouri University of Science and Technology Reveals
The early detection of cancer through screening techniques such as mammograms saves thousands of lives annually. Yinfa Ma is out to save thousands more through an easier and less costly approach.
Ma, a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of chemistry at Missouri S&T, developed the “P-scan,” a fast, point-of-care method for checking urine samples for biomarkers of the protein pteridine. Ma’s research shows that higher levels of certain pteridine metabolites occur in urine samples from women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Ma, a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of chemistry at Missouri S&T, developed the “P-scan,” a fast, point-of-care method for checking urine samples for biomarkers of the protein pteridine. Ma’s research shows that higher levels of certain pteridine metabolites occur in urine samples from women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.