Blood test for eight common cancers offers promise
Scientists have developed a single blood test to detect eight common cancer types and their location of origin within the body...
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Screening
Assessing a group of people to determine who among them is at particular risk of having or transmitting a disease or health problem. In the context of UK gamete donation, screening of gamete donors is legally required, in order to assess the risk presented by HIV and Hepatitis B and C. Additional tests may be required depending on the donor's circumstances, in accordance with current professional guidelines.
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Screening all women over 30 for BRCA could prevent 64,000 cancers
The blanket screening of all women over 30 for genetic mutations which cause breast and, or ovarian cancer could prevent more cancers and be more cost effective than current approaches, according to a new study...
The reflex DNA method is an improvement on current antenatal screening in the UK
Antenatal screening for Down's, Edwards' and Patau's syndromes with the reflex DNA method was shown in our recent study to have higher screening performance compared with the combined test alone, and compared with the proposed recall DNA method...
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
The reflex prenatal screening model seems like a step in the wrong direction
The new 'reflex' method of antenatal screening for Down's, Edwards' and Patau's syndromes was described last week as a 'transformational advance'. It might be cheaper than other approaches, but it could come at the cost of informed choice for pregnant wom
BRCA screening could prevent 1000 cases of breast cancer a year
Researchers have introduced new criteria to screen for BRCA gene mutations that could prevent more than 10,000 cases of cancer and save more than 2000 lives in the next decade...
FDA to streamline path for direct-to-consumer genetic testing
The US Food and Drugs Administration has further deregulated direct-to-consumer genetic health risk tests, meaning that some will be approved for market without a pre-market review...
New prenatal DNA test for Down's syndrome is more accurate and cheaper
A new prenatal screening method for Down's syndrome, Edwards syndrome and Patau syndromes is safer, more reliable and cheaper than existing approaches, a study has found...
AI test could be first screening tool for ovarian cancer
Machine learning has been used to develop a promising screening test for ovarian cancer, a team of US-based researchers has said...
Offer all prospective parents genetic screening, says study
Genetic testing for cystic fibrosis, fragile X syndrome and spinal muscular atrophy is recommended for all would-be parents by a study in Australia...
Seventy-two new gene targets for breast cancer found
Two studies have discovered 72 new genetic variants associated with the risk of developing breast cancer...