Scientists Can Now Detect Antibiotics in Your Fingerprints - Aiding the Fight Against Drug-Resistant TB
June 25, 2024
June 25, 2024
GUILFORD, England, June 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Surrey issued the following news release:
A fingerprint may soon be all a doctor needs to check whether tuberculosis patients are taking their antibiotics - thanks to a new study led by the University of Surrey.
Scientists successfully detected the drugs in finger sweat - and with almost the same accuracy as a blood test.
"Up until now, blood tests have been the gold standard for detecting drugs . . .
A fingerprint may soon be all a doctor needs to check whether tuberculosis patients are taking their antibiotics - thanks to a new study led by the University of Surrey.
Scientists successfully detected the drugs in finger sweat - and with almost the same accuracy as a blood test.
"Up until now, blood tests have been the gold standard for detecting drugs . . .