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KAI KUCK

Professor
School of Medicine
Anesthesiology
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An Inexpensive Point-of-Care Sensor for Monitoring Blood Acetaldehyde Concentration with Application to Alcohol Metabolism and Cancer Risk

Elevated blood acetaldehyde concentrations are damaging to body organs and increase cancer risk. Smoking substantially increases blood acetaldehyde levels, as does alcohol consumption by individuals lacking the enzyme acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (ALD...


Collaborators

JULES MAGDA (Project Owner)College of Engineering, Chemical Engineering
KAI KUCKSchool of Medicine, Anesthesiology
Lars LaurentiusCollege of Engineering, Elect & Computer Engineering
Status: Funded 2023
Last Updated: 5/21/21