#liquid-biopsy

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fromBusiness Insider
2 hours 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?
Startup companies
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
13 hours ago

Exciting results from blood test for 50 cancers

The Galleri blood test detects fragments of cancer DNA across 50+ cancer types, often identifying cancers early, locating their origin, and detecting cancers lacking screening.
Medicine
fromNews Center
3 weeks 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
1 month 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.
Cancer
fromThe New Yorker
4 months ago

Siddhartha Mukherjee on the Promises and Perils of Early Cancer Detection

A startup developed a blood test for early cancer detection, identifying 50 cancers with low false positives, revolutionizing cancer diagnostics.
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