July 2018
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Paper on tuberculosis diagnostics
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. There is a great need for the development of diagnostic tests, which are reliable, sensitive, stable, and low cost to enable early diagnosis of TB in communities with scarce...
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Radio interview in Antena 1
Pedro Estrela gives a radio interview for Antena 1 (Portuguese national radio broadcaster) in the program 90 Seconds of Science: https://www.rtp.pt/play/p2936/e357441/90-segundos-ciencia (in Portuguese)
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Paper on bladder cancer diagnosis using urine
A novel fluidic-based electrochemical ELISA platform is descried for estimation of the bladder cancer protein markers nuclear mitotic apparatus protein 1 (NUMA1) and complement factor H-related 1 (CFHR1) in urine samples. The platform uses an off-site chamber for a sandwich...