WATCH: To detect cancer, these researchers turn to an unlikely source

WATCH: To detect cancer, these researchers turn to an unlikely source

Inside STAT: Cancer researchers hunt for clues in an unlikely source

Marsha Moses is searching for signs of cancer in an unlikely place: urine. Her lab created one of the world’s first urine banks, which is home to thousands of frozen samples stored in cups and tubes. “It is a very rich and accessible body fluid that can teach us a lot,” said Moses, a vascular biologist at Boston Children’s Hospital. Moses and her colleagues are using those samples to search for cancer biomarkers, which could point to the presence of disease before it becomes apparent. STAT’s Hyacinth Empinado has a fascinating new video about the research — watch here.