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A new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease can accurately detect people with early symptoms, according to research which experts hope to build on and bring us closer to a cure.Scientists from the Mayo ...
as the NHS does for breast, bowel, and cervical cancer, for example, technology now exists that has the potential to test for dozens of cancers from a single blood sample. The NHS is currently ...
A blood test for more than 50 types of cancer has shown real promise in a major NHS trial, researchers say. The test correctly revealed two out of every three cancers among 5,000 people who had ...
Designed to "revolutionise how dementia is diagnosed," the trial is now under way and could be available on the NHS within five years. The charity added we could see the "blood tests to the NHS ...
A blood test that can detect cancer before symptoms develop is being assessed for potential NHS use, health officials have said. Health Secretary Wes Streeting will announce that the Government is ...
“It’s great to see blood tests like this approved for clinical use in the US – we hope to see the same in the NHS, which is why we’re part of the Blood Biomarker Challenge.” The Blood ...
Currently, there is no approved blood test for this form of dementia cleared for use by the NHS, which means that Alzheimer’s is typically diagnosed with the help of time-consuming and expensive ...
Using £5 million of funding from the People’s Postcode Lottery, the charities are now working with the National Institute for Health and Care Research to make blood tests on the NHS a reality.