Personal kidney disease monitoring

By Chemistry World2013-11-06T00:00:00

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Checking albumin levels in urine samples

A smart phone attachment and accompanying app that could be used by people in their own home to monitor the health of their kidneys have been developed by scientists in the US. The lightweight and cost-effective device contains a fluorescent assay which works with the phone’s existing camera to provide results within minutes.

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