A new kind of blood test promises to find cancer early—sometimes even before symptoms appear. The pitch is compelling: a single sample of blood could scan the body for dozens of different cancers at ...

One blood draw flagged cancers doctors would usually miss until much later, and most were early enough to still be treatable.

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UCLA researchers have created a blood test that can scan DNA signals for multiple cancers, liver diseases, and signs of organ damage—and even indicate where trouble may be developing. Early results ...

New studies are shedding light on how the tests could eventually transform treatment. By Dana G. Smith and Pam Belluck Research presented this week at the Alzheimer’s Association International ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Alzheimer's Disease” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Eisai. The first hints that Gregory Nelson might ...

The vision of a single blood test that could screen for dozens of different cancers has tantalized oncologists for more than a decade. The science has advanced at a rapid clip: What began by analyzing ...