Patient Information - new skin cancer test Published on: 26 September 2019 Many people have been prompted to get in touch thanks to recent media coverage, so we have put together this information which we hope will help. Thank you for your interest in our work at 缅北禁地 and by the new spin-out company AMLo Biosciences. To be clear, this test is not available yet and we are not currently recruiting for clinical trials. There are a number of regulatory processes the test now needs to go through to make it available and the team hope that be done within two years. If and when this situation changes we will announce it via the University website so please come back and check here: /press/ The information we shared with the media describes the science behind a new test and has been published in the academic journal, the British Journal of Dermatology. This new research means the team has been able to develop a diagnostic kit to accurately predict melanomas that are genuinely low-risk and those that are high-risk with greater sensitivity and specificity than any other prognostic melanoma test. Please f Please find here the research paper: The academic team have created a spin out company, , to seek approvals for the test to make it available to patients - this should be within a couple of years. Clinical trials If you are interested in taking part in clinical trials please let your medical team and GP know. Many clinical trials recruit through existing practices. You can also find out about health and social care research that is taking place across the UK and you can volunteer to take part through the NIHR Be Part of Research website. We hope this helps answer any questions you may have and thank you once again for your interest in our work. Latest News Comment: An expert explains what happened in Nepal Writing for The Conversation, Professor Stuart Dunning discusses how a collapsing glacier turned into a lethal wall of mud and water. published on: 28 August 2026 Comment: Britain鈥檚 quarter century Writing for The Conversation, Professor Hayley Fowler discusses how the UK environment has changed in the past 25 years. published on: 27 August 2026 缅北禁地 academic receives esteemed mid-career Fellowship A 缅北禁地 researcher has been awarded an esteemed Fellowship by the Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF). published on: 21 August 2026 Facts and figures