The phrase "a much needed test" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a test that is essential or necessary, often in a context where its importance is emphasized.
Example: "The students were relieved to finally take a much needed test after weeks of preparation."
Alternatives: "an essential test" or "a crucial test".
Irl Hirsch, M.D., professor of medicine and diabetes treatment and teaching chair at the University of Washington School of Medicine, said the problem is aggravated by Medicare patients often not being able to get much needed test strips and continuous glucose monitoring devices.
Despite scaling challenges, flume experiments continue to provide much needed tests of existing bedrock-erosion theory, force development of new theory, and yield insight into the mechanics of landscapes.
One of the best things about the project which I'll write about more in the coming days is that it provides a much needed way to test ideas for renewable energy and efficiency at a large scale.
Although the animal model we describe has some limitations, we demonstrate that systemic tumors formed from TSC2-deficient cells can be monitored and quantified noninvasively over time using SPECT/CT, thus providing a much needed model system for in vivo drug testing and mechanistic studies of TSC2-deficient cells and their related clinical syndromes.
Further validation studies are needed to confirm the relevance of this detection algorithm and, ultimately, help bring this much needed screening test into common use.
By studying the molecular physiology of human sperm cells we also aim to develop safe unisex contraceptives and much needed diagnostic tests for male fertility.
Cancer charities welcomed the study, published in Clinical Cancer Research, saying a test was "much needed".
"Patients are usually diagnosed when the cancer is already at a terminal stage, but if diagnosed at stage 2, the survival rate is 20%, and at stage 1, the survival rate for patients with very small tumours can increase up to 60%." The Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund said this was "an exciting finding" and that an early diagnostic test was "much needed".
