New test may reveal secrets within your blood
- sciart0
- May 29
- 1 min read
Key Points
New blood tests can detect diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s earlier, sometimes before symptoms appear.
Blood-based tests can monitor disease progression and guide treatment decisions.
The new blood tests are backed by rigorous research, large clinical trials and collaborations with academic medical institutions—a long way from the false promises of decade ago, when blood-testing start-up Theranos made fraudulent claims of instant diagnostics. Blood tests are being developed and refined to predict and manage autoimmune and respiratory diseases.