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  • CI MED students create at-home screening test for iron deficiency

    Apr 16, 2025 10:30 am by Beth HartInnovation
    A new test strip system developed by Ferritiva uses body fluids like urine to detect markers that indicate an iron deficiency. The second phase of the team's work involves creating a sensor (prototype shown) that can quantify those results for use in monitoring a patient's results over time.

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    • A new test strip system developed by Ferritiva uses body fluids like urine to detect markers that indicate an iron deficiency. The second phase of the team's work involves creating a sensor (prototype shown) that can quantify those results for use in monitoring a patient's results over time.

    Some 40% of people don't have enough iron content in their blood but many of them go undiagnosed. This innovation will allow people to test at home by applying a small sample of urine, rather than blood, to a special test strip.