27th November 2020 by Selina McKee The NHS is trialling an innovative new blood test that may be able to detect more than 50 types of cancer. The Galleri blood test, developed by GRAIL, will be piloted with 165,000 patients in a ‘world-first deal’ struck by NHS England. Prior research on patients with signs of cancer has...
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Could THIS urine test save thousands of lives? Scientists develop simple way to spot deadly ‘lung attacks’ in patients with an incurable lung disease
EXCLUSIVE: The technology, known as Headstart, works like a pregnancy test It is designed to be used by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease It alerts sufferers as to whether their shortness of breath is a deadly ‘lung attack’ By accurately detecting such cases, it may save NHS around £40 million a year A simple...