Katie Dale - March 14, 2022 Exosomes in liquid biopsy: a nanometric particle packed with potential We are all too familiar with the statistic that 1 in 2 of us will get cancer in our lifetime. Of ...
Frances Salisbury - February 10, 2022 Predicting the unpredictable during pregnancy For many expectant parents, pregnancy is a time of excitement, yet this time can also be riddled ...
Jane Liu - October 21, 2021 Capturing the DNA hydroxymethylome for early-stage cancer detection Biomarkers are measurable indicators of health or disease and the detection of biomarkers in liquid ...
Samuel Hart - June 30, 2021 Circulating tumour cells: at the forefront of cancer diagnosis and treatment In cancer patients, “metastasis” occurs as tumour cells break-away from the site at which they are ...
Thomas Driver - June 30, 2021 Cancer diagnosis – new data to support methylation-based liquid biopsy New study demonstrates enormous potential Earlier this month, we published a blog which highlighted ...
Thomas Driver - June 9, 2021 Methylomics – analysing DNA methylation signatures to diagnose cancer Traditional tissue biopsies are a vital aspect of current medical practices which help us diagnose ...
Alex Galbraith - May 12, 2021 Diagnosing concussion: liquid biopsy is changing the game Rugby, along with many other contact sports such as football, boxing and American football, has ...
Fay Allen - April 19, 2021 What is the cancer microbiome? The “microbiome” is commonly associated with the gut microbiome, but recently the blood microbiome ...
Alex Galbraith - March 8, 2021 Detecting progress: liquid biopsy in lung cancer Lung cancer remained the leading cause of cancer death in 2020 with an estimated 1.8 million deaths ...
Frances Salisbury - December 2, 2020 Go with the flow: the allure of the liquid biopsy Forward finds out how fresh technologies are providing a way to cut invasive procedures out of the ...
Nick Sutcliffe - October 21, 2020 Liquid biopsies support precision medicine The treatment of cancer patients with therapies that are specifically targeted to their cancer is a ...
Anna Mudge - October 9, 2020 Minimally invasive, maximum potential: liquid biopsy is redefining diagnosis Many of us will know someone who has undergone a biopsy during a medical diagnosis: we may even ...
Nick Sutcliffe - September 22, 2020 Making the detection of cancer in liquid biopsies more sensitive Besides being found within the nucleus and mitochondria of cells, DNA is also present in ...
Jane Liu - September 2, 2020 The emergence of liquid biopsies as companion diagnostics The development of liquid biopsies The term liquid biopsy refers to the use of different body ...
Nick Sutcliffe - February 18, 2020 The evolutionary history of cancer - predicting the disease Cells can acquire the mutations that drive the development of cancer many years before the patient ...
Anna Mudge - December 18, 2019 Will biomarkers come of age? The world’s population is ageing. In 2018, for the first time in history, people aged 65 or above ...
Anna Mudge - November 27, 2019 Biomarkers and precision medicine A biomarker, an amalgamation of the term ‘biological marker’, is a measurable indicator of a ...
