Chicago: Boy or girl? A simple blood test in mothers-to-be can answer that question with surprising accuracy at about seven weeks, a research analysis has found. Though not widely offered by U.S. doctors, gender-detecting blood tests have been sold online to consumers for the past few years. Their promises of early and accurate results prompted genetics researchers to take a closer look. They analyzed 57 published studies of gender testing...
12:14 PM, Aug 10, 2011
London: Coming soon: A blood test that will tell how long you may live, say scientists. The blood test will show how fast someone is ageing and estimate how long they have left to live; it measures the vital structures on the tips of a person's chromosomes, called telomeres which are believed to be one of the important and accurate indicators of the speed at which a person is ageing....
03:41 PM, May 16, 2011
London: Scientists claim to have developed a new blood test which they say could help detect Alzheimer's disease years before it takes hold. A team at the Scripps Research Institute says that the test uses a technique which could detect not only the dementia disease but a whole range of other conditions such as multiple sclerosis and possibly cancer, the 'Cell' journal reported. "If this works in Alzheimer's disease, it...
04:30 PM, Jan 07, 2011
Boston: A blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones is moving one step closer to being available at your doctor's office. Boston scientists who invented the test and health care giant Johnson & Johnson will announce Monday that they are joining forces to bring it to market. Four big cancer centers also will start studies using the experimental test...
01:50 PM, Jan 03, 2011
Washington: A simple blood test can identify people who are at risk of heart attack, even those who don't have high cholesterol, research says. The new test measures gamma-prime fibrinogen, a component of the blood's clotting mechanism. Its elevated levels indicate greater likelihood of a heart attack, even when other signs don't point to cardiovascular trouble, says David H Farrell, professor of pathology at the Oregon Health & Science University...
01:29 PM, Apr 20, 2010
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05:35 PM, Jun 06, 2007
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02:26 PM, Mar 28, 2007
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11:36 AM, Jan 10, 2007
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03:37 PM, Oct 12, 2006
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