biopsy

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The researchers used drones carrying sterile petri dishes to capture droplets from the exhaled breath of humpback, fin and sperm whales, combined with skin biopsies taken from boats.

From BBC

Melanoma survivors who previously used tanning beds and donated their skin biopsies for this work are available for interviews upon request.

From Science Daily

According to the committee, screening - which would involve a blood test then scans of the prostate and a biopsy - can miss deadly cancers and detect those that never need treatment.

From BBC

At first, the acting student thought the lesion was just a result of biting her tongue during an epileptic seizure, but doctors decided to biopsy the area and found stage two squamous cell carcinoma.

From BBC

Coulier explained to “Today” that doctors initially spotted the mass at the base of his tongue and performed a “very painful” biopsy, which didn’t show signs of cancer.

From Los Angeles Times