Chemicals from a common novelty glow stick may be used to diagnose difficult diseases, including cancer, research from scientists in Israel has revealed.

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have developed a water-resistant chemiluminescent probe based on the same common chemicals used to make novelty glow sticks that can detect and measure cellular activity that indicates certain pathologies, including cancer.

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