Sensors detect copper in the body

Considered a simple and quick method to help detect copper, scientists at the Center for Skin Center Research (CLRI - India) have invented a chemical sensor that can show the presence of needles. This type in human body and environment.

Just one drop of serum, the sensor can detect the existence of excessive allowed copper by displaying a light pink color.

This method eliminates many of the necessary experimental steps before making conclusions about copper content in the blood.Copper is an indicator for neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

Previously, doctors had to send blood samples to laboratories, where experts used expensive equipment to conduct tests.

Meanwhile, the new sensor allows users to immediately detect the presence of the plain eye, according to the TOI news page quoted Sathiah Thennarasu, expert of CLRI at Chennai (India).

This means that now a doctor at his clinic can take blood samples from a patient and add a powder to the test tube and wait to see if the chemical reaction is about to occur.

If the pink color is fresher, it means the higher the copper content in the blood.