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London startup
fromBusiness Matters
1 day ago

BIOCAPTIVA raises 1.58m to transform liquid biopsy sample preparation

BIOCAPTIVA secured £1.58 million funding to commercialize msX technology, which simplifies blood sample preparation for cancer diagnostics by using magnetic bead extraction to isolate cell-free DNA directly from whole blood.
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Cancer
fromNature
6 days ago

Cancer blood tests are everywhere. Do they really work?

Multi-cancer early detection blood tests show promise but lack regulatory approval and rigorous trial evidence, with initial results indicating limited effectiveness in improving cancer outcomes.
Cancer
fromNature
6 days ago

Cancer blood tests are everywhere. Do they really work?

Multi-cancer early detection blood tests show promise but lack regulatory approval and rigorous trial evidence, with initial results indicating limited effectiveness in improving cancer outcomes.
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Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Simple blood test can predict which breast cancer treatment will work best, study finds

A blood test measuring circulating tumour DNA predicts breast cancer treatment response before or within four weeks, enabling alternative therapies and avoiding ineffective drugs.
Medicine
fromNature
3 months ago

Liquid biopsy-guided adjuvant therapy in bladder cancer

Adjuvant atezolizumab improves survival in muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients with no radiographic disease but detectable circulating tumor DNA.
fromBusiness Insider
4 months ago

A Silicon Valley engineer cracked the code to find signs of colon cancer in your blood

At first, cancer is a quiet disease. Inside the body, cells are aggressively multiplying out of control, changing everything. But on the outside, there's nothing special to see or feel. Not yet. For Guardant co-CEO Helmy Eltoukhy, that invisibility looked like an engineering challenge. What if cancer could be detected early - through blood tests - before you even knew it was there?
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Medicine
fromNews Center
5 months ago

Novel Approach May Improve Early Cancer Detection - News Center

Cell-free RNA modification patterns in blood offer a noninvasive, promising biomarker approach for early colon cancer detection and could improve screening and survival.
Medicine
fromHarvard Gazette
5 months ago

Test detects HPV-associated head, neck cancer 10 years early - Harvard Gazette

HPV-DeepSeek liquid biopsy can detect HPV-associated head and neck cancer up to 10 years before symptoms, enabling earlier, less intensive treatment.
fromThe New Yorker
8 months ago

Siddhartha Mukherjee on the Promises and Perils of Early Cancer Detection

Current medical guidelines have us screening for only five cancers, and one at a time. A new test, from a startup called Grail, has identified fifty cancers, with a remarkably low rate of false positives.
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