`Universal´ blood test for earlier diagnosis of cancer moves closer to market
(World News Science)

« Back to News listings Published: Mon 15 Oct 2018 UK researchers behind a potential `universal` liquid biopsy blood test for cancer detection have licensed the technology to an industrial partner to take it to market. The research team believes that the test could be the first screening tool to `rule in, or rule out` cancer in patients under suspicion of the disease, alongside other traditional diagnostics methods. The test was developed at the University of Bradford, UK. It measures the damage to the DNA of white blood cells when subjected to different intensities of ultraviolet (UV) light, revealing measurable differences in the cells` susceptibility to...