Liquid biopsy could guide therapy for colorectal cancer

Liquid biopsies can gauge the effectiveness of therapy for colorectal cancer that has begun to spread beyond the original tumor, researchers report.

Julia Evangelou Strait-WUSTL • futurity
Feb. 25, 2021 ~9 min

Urine test accurately flags prostate cancer

A new urine test is extremely accurate at detecting aggressive prostate cancer. It could help avoid unecessary biopsies.

Ian Demsky-Michigan • futurity
Feb. 15, 2021 ~5 min


For accurate food studies, ask for pee instead of honesty

Many food studies hinge on the honesty of participants about what they've eaten, as well as the accuracy of their memories. Testing urine might work better.

Ida Eriksen-U. Copenhagen • futurity
July 28, 2020 ~5 min

Urine test for kidney stones gives results in 30 minutes

A new simpler urine test that could be done in a doctor’s office or even at home would give people with kidney stones results in as little as 30 minutes.

Megan Lakatos-Penn State • futurity
May 27, 2020 ~6 min

Immune response may cause repeat bladder infections

New research with mice indicates that recurrent bladder infections result from an unusual immune response.

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
May 18, 2020 ~5 min

‘Smart toilet’ checks you for diseases like cancer

A new kind of smart toilet can check users for diseases using a variety of biomarkers. It even comes with an ID scanner and can send data to the cloud.

Stanford • futurity
April 6, 2020 ~8 min

Rich or poor? Your pee holds the answer

Metabolites in urine samples allowed researchers to discern whether people in Europe were wealthy or at risk of poverty. The key is diet.

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
March 9, 2020 ~4 min

Urine test for prostate cancer would use metabolites

It may one day be possible to detect prostate cancer from a simple, non-invasive urine test

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
March 4, 2020 ~3 min


Fishing targets the ‘super-urinators’ that ecosystems need

Certain fish are super-urinators, meaning that they contribute more nitrogen to the ecosystem. Unfortunately, they're also prize catches.

Jim Erickson-Michigan • futurity
March 3, 2020 ~6 min

Our pee could become fertilizer with low drug-resistance risk

"Aging" urine can deactivate 99% of antibiotic-resistant genes in bacteria in the urine, research finds. That means the pee could be safe fertilizer.

Nicole Casal Moore-Michigan • futurity
Jan. 24, 2020 ~4 min

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