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A new kit to diagnose prostate cancer

A Winnipeg medical diagnostic company has developed a new kit that could make it easier to diagnose patients with prostate cancer.

The new prostate-cancer kit, which took several years to develop, measures the amount of a particular amino acid protein — called PSP94 — in a urine sample from a patient. PSP94 is found in the cells of the prostate, and there’s a growing body of medical evidence to suggest men with prostate cancer have reduced levels of it in their urine.