Researcher Marsha Moses, PhD, looks at a urinary cancer biomarker ELISA (enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay). In her experiments, each well is filled with an antibody to a given protein the Moses Lab has shown predicts cancer status and stage. If the antibody binds to the protein researchers are looking for, the sample in the well changes color, indicating the presence of that protein in the urine sample.

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Features
A dipstick test for cancer?
Researcher Marsha Moses has found a way to diagnose cancer using urine samples.

Targeting ACL injury
Surgeon Martha Murray is working on a safer, less-invasive repair for ACL tears.

The graft that keeps on giving
Researcher Dario Fauza builds living patches to close holes in everything from tracheas to diaphragms.

A window into the living brain
Functional MRI lets clinicians see the parts of the brain that are working so they can avoid them when operating on the parts that aren't.

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