DNA blood test 'could save lives'
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A genetic blood test allowing a much closer match between donors and recipients is under development.
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SUNDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Someday in the future, people may routinely have doctors scan their personal genomes, looking for this or that aberrant gene to help prevent, spot or treat a cancer.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland  - Personalized blood profiling should help doping testers to tackle currently undetectable methods of cheating in sport but stringent controls are needed to make it work, experts say.
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If the cost of sequencing a human genome can drop to $1,000 or below, experts say it would start to become feasible to tell what diseases people might be at risk for.
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A new genetic test can tell doctors  which breast cancer patients need to undergo the discomfort of  chemotherapy -- and suggests many women don't need to,  researchers said on Friday.
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Yale University researchers have demonstrated a single change in a person&#39;s DNA can contribute to a range of life-shortening risk factors.
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New genetic tests could help crack down on  illegal food or timber trade, fight malaria or even give clues  to how to stop bird strikes with planes, scientists said on  Friday.
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A British team has found a new genetic link with high cholesterol and said the finding could lead to better screening and new drugs for the condition, which raises the risk of heart disease.
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Researchers discover people with blood group O are naturally protected from its most severe forms.
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Blood samples kept by a local GP could be the key to developing a single blood test to detect cancer.
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Researchers say a new programme could help create a DNA database of all life on Earth, ever.
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A simple blood test could tell doctors which women with breast cancer need more aggressive treatment, scientists believe. Women with five or more tumour cells in their blood sample would have aggressive disease needing more treatment.
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Doctors may be allowed to screen human embryos for gene that increase risk of heart attacks
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Thai authorities say victims of the tsunami disaster will be DNA tested to avoid confusion over their identity.
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Researchers said on Sunday they had  homed in on five areas of DNA that could account for 70 percent  of the genetic risk for type-2 diabetes.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDay News) -- A simple blood test early in life could identify children with familial hypercholesterolemia, a genetic condition that causes high cholesterol levels and greatly increases the risk of early death from heart disease, a British study finds.
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A simple blood test could help dramatically cut the number of people dying from heart disease and strokes. The 20-minute test would allow doctors to treat