A new study pioneered by Professor Simona Francese suggests that a simple fingertip sweat test done at home could replace painful breast cancer tests.
According to Daily Mail, the professor discovered that the sweat on a person's finger can allow scientists to mark the presence of breast cancer with 98 percent accuracy because of the protein it contains.
Based upon a study of 15 women, they found that the simple method could detect the disease and its severity and only required the person to smudge their fingertips onto a sample plate.
A team of researchers from Sheffield Hallam University who worked with Professor Francese concluded that in time the process could replace mammograms once they have been taken to larger trials.
Simona Francese is a Professor of Forensic and Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK.
