MethylScan is a low-cost blood test that detects cancers and organ diseases by analyzing DNA methylation, improving early diagnosis, and identifying disease origin.

Researchers in the UC Davis Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine have created a new tuberculosis blood test that can detect the active, infectious form of the disease. The discovery enables ...

The U.S. FDA recently approved a new blood test to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. The test, called Lumipulse, measures two proteins in plasma: pTau217 and ß-Amyloid 1-42. These proteins clump together ...

A new blood test could diagnose pancreatic cancer much earlier, improving survival rates for people with the disease. A large part of the reason for this poor prognosis is that pancreatic cancer is ...

Key Takeaways A blood test can help detect Alzheimer’s disease years before any symptoms occurThe tau test reveals risk long ...

The promising new test is better at detecting Alzheimer’s disease than physicians—but experts don’t recommend it for everyone. Being able to diagnose Alzheimer's with a blood test would be a ...

The first blood test used to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease was cleared by the Food and Drug Administration for marketing Friday, meaning the laboratory test can be marketed and sold in the U.S., a ...

A novel blood test that detects a key biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) could help physicians more accurately determine the presence and track disease progression. The test measures levels of the ...

Researchers are examining whether samples collected show accurately certain biomarkers which denote abnormal proteins in the brain. Volunteers in the ongoing study undergo cognitive tests, an MRI and ...

There’s new progress in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease. About 1 in 9 US seniors has Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia, which slowly impairs memory, thinking skills and the ability ...

Thyroid blood tests help figure out how well your thyroid gland is working. TSH helps the thyroid gland know when to make ...