At-home skin cancer tests show early promise, University of Michigan researchers say

ANN ARBOR, MI – University of Michigan researchers have developed a method for patients to test for skin cancer at home, similar to a COVID-19 test.

A group of researchers from Nagrath Laboratory, headed by Sunitha Nagrath, a UM professor of chemical engineering, have developed a two-line strip test and micro-needle patch called ExoPatch to potentially detect melanoma from home.

Researchers used mice trials to develop this home detection kit for the highly fatal form of skin cancer…

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