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Image: M. tuberculosis (stained red) in tissue (blue) (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Flow Cytometry Assay Speeds Diagnosis of Pediatric Tuberculosis

Epidemiologists working with samples obtained from groups of children in Tanzania, used a novel blood test to quickly diagnose victims of pediatric tuberculosis.  More...
14 Sep 2014
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Sound Waves Separate Tumor and Blood Cells

A device has been developed that can test a cancer patient's blood for rare tumor cells and will be extremely useful for checking if a tumor is going to spread.  More...
10 Sep 2014
Image: A Boyden Chamber for cell transmigration (Photo courtesy of Neuro Probe).

Biomarker Identifies Breast Cancers with Poor Prognoses

Breast cancers are stratified into distinct subtypes, which influence therapeutic responsiveness and patient outcome, and those with luminal breast cancers are often associated with a better prognosis relative to other subtypes, but subsets of patients with luminal breast cancer remain at increased risk of cancer-related death.   More...
10 Sep 2014
Image: Histopathology of glioblastoma multiforme in the brain showing vascular endothelial proliferation (Photo courtesy of Dimitri P. Agamanolis, MD).

Blood Test May Revolutionize Brain Cancer Diagnosis

High-throughput sequencing studies of tumor genomes have produced new molecular markers that have enhanced classification of glioblastoma multiforme and highlighted molecular pathways that propagate pathogenesis and progression.  More...
09 Sep 2014
Image: Example of chromosomes stained with the FHACT combination probe: 3q26 (TERC) (red), 5p15 (D5S2095) (green), 20q13 (D20S911) (gold), and CEP7 (aqua) (Photo courtesy of Cancer Genetics Inc.).

Cervical Cancer Screening Test Receives Approval for the European Sector

A screening test that detects the clonal chromosomal aberrations commonly found in cervical cancer specimens has received CE-marking that allows it to be distributed as a diagnostic test in the 28 countries making up the European Economic Area.  More...
09 Sep 2014

Bladder Cancer Risk Predicted by Low Levels of Blood in the Urine

Blood in the urine, whether visible to the naked eye or not, is an early warning sign for the development of bladder cancer.  More...
08 Sep 2014
Image: The FDA-approved Cologuard test – a noninvasive, stool-based DNA colorectal cancer screening test (Photo courtesy of Exact Sciences).

US FDA Approves Noninvasive DNA Colorectal Cancer Screening Test

The first stool-based colorectal screening test that detects the presence of red blood cells and DNA mutations has been officially approved.  More...
03 Sep 2014
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