Prof van der Meer says the bacterial-based kits cope well with multiple samples, require fewer materials than standard chemical testing field kits, and are easy to prepare.

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Long-term studies including multiple urine samples from the same children are needed, Bouchard says.

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It also stressed the need to return samples from Mars to Earth, so they could be fully analyzed by multiple scientists.

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