Blood-based proteomic profiling of 251 inflammatory proteins in 543 patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) identifies an eight-protein signature that enhances risk stratification.

Somewhere in the body of a patient, a small clump of cells, growing undetected, has begun to form a tumor. It has yet to cause pain or visible symptoms of illness. Several months from now, or perhaps ...

A new study finds that fragments of tumor DNA in a patient's bloodstream could show that they are at high risk of a melanoma ...

The surge in autoimmune diseases, propelled by factors such as genetic predisposition, environmental triggers, and lifestyle changes, underpins the robust growth of the diagnostics market. With ...

Bias, differences in imaging test results, and differing symptoms may all contribute to the frequently missed diagnosis of AS in women.

Dr Nazeli Manukyan asks readers to suggest what’s causing this patient's reported episodes of diarrhoea and persistent ...

The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is a blood test which is currently used to check for prostate conditions including prostate cancer or an enlarged prostate. Routine PSA testing is not ...

The researchers now want to explore how these blood tests could be used in everyday health care, especially for older adults who are not yet showing any symptoms. They hope that by combining these ...

Detecting Alzheimer’s with a blood test is becoming easier. On Wednesday, the journal Nature Medicine published the work of an international team of scientists who tested the ability of the blood ...

It's a single blood test that's starting to catch cancer evidence in the 57% of the body's sites that were previously unscreenable. On the heels of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March comes ...

Then in March I asked my GP for a CRP (C-reactive protein) blood test (CRP is produced by the liver and if there’s a higher concentration of CRP than usual, it’s a sign of inflammation) and ...

He has started prescribing a new kind of screening — the Shield blood test — for his patients who are hesitant to get a colonoscopy. The Shield by Guardant blood test looks for changes in the ...