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U. researchers develop new liver cancer test — just take a teardrop, results in two minutes

The domino-size test cartridges work on blood, saliva, urine or tears and cost $2 to $3 to make, with potential to expand early cancer detection in less-developed nations.

(Courtesy of the University of Utah) A portable liver cancer screening test, recently developed on the University of Utah campus, works like an at-home pregnancy test. Blood, saliva, urine or tear drops can be collected in a domino-sized cartridge containing paper that identifies key proteins specific to a disease.