Guardant co-CEO Helmy Eltoukhy says the shift to personalized treatment and earlier diagnosis is here at the WIRED Health ...

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 ...

Successful treatment of pancreatic cancer can depend on a timely diagnosis. Various tests can help doctors rule out cancer or decide whether further testing is necessary. According to the American ...

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 ...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was detected easiest when using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests in a pediatric population. Reverse transcription polymerase chain ...

Unless pathognomonic signs are present or symptoms consistent with measles appear during a local outbreak, diagnosing measles based on clinical signs alone is challenging. Laboratory testing thus ...