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Strong patient diversity in biobanks reveals new genetic links to disease risk and treatment response
A new study by UCLA Health published in Cell presents a major advancement in the future of personalized medicine by pinpointing new connections between people's genes, disease risk and medicine response by using a clinically ...
Mar 27, 2026
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Molecular test for bile duct cancer nearly doubles detection rate
When patients develop a narrowing or blockage in the bile ducts—the tubes connecting the liver, gallbladder and intestines—physicians must determine whether the cause is cancer or a benign condition. The location of these ...
Mar 27, 2026
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New WHO guidance aims to speed tuberculosis testing
The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to move faster to detect and treat one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases: tuberculosis (TB).
Mar 26, 2026
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Tumor DNA circulating in patients' blood after pre-surgery treatments predicts whether breast cancer will return
Fragments of tumor DNA circulating in the bloodstream of patients with breast cancer can predict whether they are likely to relapse, especially when samples are taken after the patients have received treatments prior to surgery. ...
Mar 26, 2026
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MetaRing quickly identifies breast cancer drug sensitivity
Recently, a research team led by Prof. Wang Hongzhi from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed a programmable plasmonic ring biosensor, MetaRing, capable of rapidly and accurately ...
Mar 26, 2026
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Practical recommendations to strengthen cancer microbiome research
An international team led by researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS), has published a paper in Nature Cancer ...
Mar 26, 2026
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Before surgery, a biopsy gene test could reveal which lung tumors are likely to recur
Lung cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer. It kills more people in the U.S. than breast, prostate, and colon cancer combined. When lung adenocarcinoma, the most common primary lung cancer in the U.S., grows into ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Cerebrospinal fluid biomarker improves diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia
An international consortium has achieved a major breakthrough in the diagnosis of neurological diseases. In a recent publication in the journal Nature Medicine, they describe the discovery of a new quantitative biomarker ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Genomic surveillance enables characterization of tuberculosis distribution in Catalonia
A research team led by the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), the Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital and the Institute of Biomedicine of Valencia (IBV-CSIC) has published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Novel blood marker reduces the risk of a false diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the accumulation of two proteins in the brain: amyloid-beta and tau. Tau normally stabilizes the structure of nerve cells, but in this disease the protein undergoes chemical changes ...
Mar 23, 2026
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Hair-thin fiber-optic sensors could detect cancer by reading multiple biomarkers
Microscopic sensors that are as thin as a strand of hair but capable of taking multiple measurements simultaneously could revolutionize the diagnosis and monitoring of diseases like cancer. Researchers from Adelaide University's ...
Mar 23, 2026
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Protein atlas connects the biological dots underlying neurodegenerative diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases form a tangled biological web with overlapping molecular signatures and symptoms. To decode this complexity, a multi-institute collaboration led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists ...
Mar 23, 2026
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Study makes promising advances in accurately diagnosing sepsis
Doctors in Liverpool working with researchers at the Center for Trials Research at Cardiff University have identified promising evidence for the effectiveness of an early and rapid diagnostic test for sepsis. Teams from the ...
Mar 23, 2026
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FDA provides breakthrough device designation to MeMed BV Flex
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Breakthrough Device designation to MeMed BV Flex, a blood test that differentiates between bacterial and viral infections.
Mar 21, 2026
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From pathology image to biological discovery: LazySlide uses foundation models to connect tissue images and RNA data
Microscopic images of human tissue are a cornerstone of biomedical research and clinical diagnostics. Yet despite their importance, these images often remain difficult to analyze systematically and to connect with other types ...
Mar 20, 2026
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Deep learning model predicts how individual cells influence disease outcomes
A computational method called scSurv, developed by researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo, links individual cells to patient outcomes using widely available bulk RNA sequencing data. The approach uses single-cell reference ...
Mar 20, 2026
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A liquid biopsy blood test may improve children's survival of cancer in Africa
In a study published in Nature Medicine, researchers from the University of Oxford and the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania have shown that a minimally invasive liquid ...
Mar 19, 2026
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How old is your body, really? Study uses 10 blood biomarkers to calculate biological age
Is it possible to draw conclusions about an adult's physical condition on the basis of their age? The answer is: "It depends." On the one hand, it is well known that the body's ability to function decreases with age, while ...
Mar 19, 2026
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Prototype breath tests spot bacterial infections in minutes
Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine. And doing so reliably is more important than ever, given the increasing frequency of antibiotic ...
Mar 18, 2026
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Novel X-ray technique could transform tissue diagnosis
A new X-ray imaging technique could transform how hospitals analyze tissue samples, potentially speeding up diagnoses and improving outcomes for patients, shows a new study led by UCL researchers. The technology, developed ...
Mar 18, 2026
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Single‑cell technique reveals how tuberculosis‑like bacteria alter human cells
Researchers from King's College London and the University of Surrey have developed a new technique to measure the content of individual human cells infected with bacteria that model tuberculosis—and it is already revealing ...
Mar 18, 2026
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Measles outbreak surveillance confirms utility of wastewater-based epidemiology for monitoring infectious disease surges
New research led by University of South Carolina environmental health sciences assistant professor Laura Langan has provided further support for the effectiveness of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE). Langan and her team ...
Mar 17, 2026
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Can 'mini brains' replace lab animals? Organoids are changing how scientists study disease
As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment. For decades, animals like mice, rats and pigs have been essential tools in biomedical research. Yet ...
Mar 17, 2026
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New liquid biopsy technology can detect disease from a drop of blood
An innovative platform developed by PKU researchers called "cf-EpiTracing" has proved capable of detecting and tracing diseases from as little as 50 μl of human plasma, or roughly a drop of blood. The research, published ...
Mar 16, 2026
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Officials examine deaths after plasma donations in Winnipeg
Canadian health officials are investigating the deaths of two people who donated plasma at private clinics in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Mar 16, 2026
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