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2. Stool test - Wikipedia

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   Yellow and blue tops for parasite testing, red top for stool cultures and the white top was provided by the patient with the sample. A stool test is a medical diagnostic technique that involves the collection and analysis of fecal matter. Microbial analysis (culturing), microscopy and chemical tests are among the tests performed on stool samples.

3. Dreading a colonoscopy? There are alternatives | Savvy Senior

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   Stool DNA test (Cologuard): This screening kit looks for hidden blood, as well as altered DNA in your stool. Your doctor will order the test, and you will receive the collection kit in the mail.

4. What is a stool-based colorectal cancer screening?

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   Guaiac-based fecal occult blood test (gFOBT): A kit may be provided by your doctor and uses a chemical reaction to screen for hidden blood in your stool. This test somewhat restricts your diet ...

5. Diagnosis of malaria - Wikipedia

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   The mainstay of malaria diagnosis has been the microscopic examination of blood, utilizing blood films. [1] Although blood is the sample most frequently used to make a diagnosis, both saliva and urine have been investigated as alternative, less invasive specimens. [2] More recently, modern techniques utilizing antigen tests or polymerase chain ...

6. FDA Clears Exact Sciences' Next-Generation Colorectal Cancer ...

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   On Friday, the FDA approved Exact Sciences Corp.’s (NASDAQ:EXAS) Cologuard Plus test, the company’s next-generation multi-target stool DNA test. The Cologuard Plus test is now approved for ...

7. Exact Sciences Corp. - Wikipedia

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   Exact Sciences Corp. is an American molecular diagnostics company based in Madison, Wisconsin specializing in the detection of early stage cancers. The company's initial focus was on the early detection and prevention of colorectal cancer; in 2014 it launched Cologuard, the first stool DNA test for colorectal cancer.

8. Metagenomics - Wikipedia

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   In metagenomics, the genetic materials (DNA, C) are extracted directly from samples taken from the environment (e.g. soil, sea water, human gut, A) after filtering (B), and are sequenced (E) after multiplication by cloning (D) in an approach called shotgun sequencing. These short sequences can then be put together again using assembly methods ...

9. Fecal occult blood - Wikipedia

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   Fecal occult blood testing (FOBT), as its name implies, aims to detect subtle blood loss in the gastrointestinal tract, anywhere from the mouth to the colon.Positive tests ("positive stool") may result from either upper gastrointestinal bleeding or lower gastrointestinal bleeding and warrant further investigation for peptic ulcers or a malignancy (such as colorectal cancer or gastric cancer).