Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers published clinical validation data supporting the first FDA-cleared rapid urine test to ...

A simple urine test devised by researchers at Stanford Medicine and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System can diagnose people ...

Cancer Research: Unlike most liquid biopsies, which look for cancer-related DNA mutations, RNA analysis reveals which genes ...

A simple urine test devised by researchers at Stanford Medicine and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System can diagnose bladder ...

Researchers developed a urine test that detects bladder cancer, predicts which patients will benefit from immunotherapy ...

What is Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)? Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a type of bacteria that infects your stomach. It can damage the tissue in your stomach and the first part of your small ...

Helicobacter pylori antigen testing has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as a noninvasive diagnostic test for H. pylori infection and as a test to determine ...

The urea breath test is used to detect Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), a type of bacteria that may infect the stomach and is a main cause of ulcers in both the stomach and duodenum (the first part of ...

The pH measures how acidic or alkaline a person’s urine is. Ideally, the pH of urine should be around 6.0 to 7.5, but a wider range is usually acceptable. Doctors often test the urine pH and carry out ...

The urease test is a lab test that identify the type of bacteria present in the stomach. It works by detecting an enzyme, urease, which the bacteria may or may not possess. Urease is an enzyme that ...

The most common method of measuring urease activity is to add a colorimetric assay agent for ammonia (e.g., Nessler’s reagent) to a solution of hydrolyzed urea. The absorbance of the solution at a ...