Next-generation gene sequencing (NGS) technologies—in which millions of DNA molecules are simultaneously but individually analyzed—theoretically provides researchers and clinicians the ability to noninvasively identify ...
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Urinalysis has long been a staple of physical exams to detect and manage a number of diseases and disorders, but not cancer. What if it were that easy, though, and cancer was detected in its very earliest stages when the ...
Feb 18, 2021
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Platelets may play a key role in the development of lupus, according to a study published today by researchers at Université Laval and CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center. Extracellular DNA circulating in the ...
Feb 17, 2021
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The compulsory collection of DNA being undertaken in some parts of the world is not just unethical, but risks affecting people's willingness to donate biological samples and thus contribute to the advancement of medical knowledge ...
Jan 18, 2021
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While our circadian body clock dictates our preferred rhythm of sleep or wakefulness, a relatively new concept—the epigenetic clock—could inform us about how swiftly we age, and how prone we are to diseases of old age.
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People with pale colored melanomas are more likely to have a gene mutation associated with albinism, University of Queensland research has found.
Sep 23, 2020
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What determines the life span of a mouse, alligator, dog or human? A team of scientists at the University of Georgia believes they have new insight into this age-old question.
Sep 7, 2020
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DNA testing companies like Ancestry.com and 23andMe are using their expertise in the fight against COVID-19. Ancestry.com's study is available only to its members, but 23andMe is asking past and present COVID-19 patients ...
Jun 24, 2020
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A novel liquid biopsy method can detect kidney cancers with high accuracy, including small, localized tumors which are often curable but for which no early detection method exists, say scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Jun 22, 2020
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A new method of analyzing cancer patients' blood for evidence of the disease could be up to ten times more sensitive than previous methods according to new research led by the University of Cambridge.
Jun 18, 2020
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