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‘iTEARS’ could help diagnose diseases by isolating biomarkers in tears

Going to the doctor might make you want to cry, and according to a new study, doctors could someday put those tears to good use.  In ACS Nano, researchers report a nanomembrane system that harvests and purifies tiny blobs called exosomes from tears, allowing researchers to analyze them for disease biomarkers quickly. Dubbed iTEARS, the platform could enable...