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囊肿性纤维化的快速筛查

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

A Microscope Slide Is Swiped across the Forehead to Obtain a Perspiration Sample

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Credit: Image courtesy of Richard N. Zare.

科研人员报告了一种筛查囊肿性纤维化的方法,它涉及在大约2分钟的一个过程里用一个显微片扫过一个人的前额,相比之下目前的测试需要3小时;这种快速测试使用解吸电喷雾电离质谱法分析了存在于汗中的化合物,并且使用机器学习识别出囊肿性纤维化病例,这组作者说,根据对277份汗样本的分析,记录下了98%的特异性和96%的灵敏度。

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