In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* server, a team of researchers investigated how antigen concentration and viral load in different specimen types affected the performance of severe acute ...

When a doctor suspects a person has stomach cancer, they will refer them to a specialist for tests. If the person receives a diagnosis, a doctor may refer them for further testing to determine the ...

A large-scale global study has identified genetic variants that are risk factors for long COVID, a discovery that helps researchers better understand the biological systems involving the disease and ...

Researchers found that antemortem testing could increase detection and lead to more timely public health interventions for human rabies, which is under-diagnosed globally.“Human rabies under-detection ...

Free-floating DNA carrying cancerous mutations was detected in blood three years before any other signs of cancer appeared. If approved as a test, doctors might detect cancers sooner and treat them ...

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