A blood test that reads genetic changes like a barcode and pick out aggressive prostate cancers has been designed by scientists. A team at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust found reading the pattern of genes switched on and off in blood cells could accurately detect which advanced prostate cancers had the worst survival. And the researchers believe the blood test could eventually be used alongside ...Tuesday, 9 October 2012
Barcode Blood Test for Aggressive Prostate Cancer Developed
A blood test that reads genetic changes like a barcode and pick out aggressive prostate cancers has been designed by scientists. A team at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust found reading the pattern of genes switched on and off in blood cells could accurately detect which advanced prostate cancers had the worst survival. And the researchers believe the blood test could eventually be used alongside ...
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