In a Blog called scienceworld , an article titled Diagnosis 2.0 brought an incredible new test to my attention.
Posted on December 08, 2007 the Blog shared information about a company called "Power3 Medical Products, a biotech firm in Houston, Texas, has developed simple, low-cost blood tests for breast cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's that will allow physicians to spot disease the moment it shows up in a patient's body—years earlier than today's most advanced technologies can catch it."
The article is exceptionally well written and I urge you to go and check out the site for yourself.
Excerpted from the post:
"Power3's breast-cancer test, to be released early next year, is the first diagnostic to emerge from a fast-growing field known as proteomics that looks for telltale proteins in a person's blood, just as genetic tests screen for disease-causing genes."
"The new breast-cancer test is much less invasive than a mammogram or biopsy. A doctor samples a patient's blood and sends it to Power3's lab, where scientists search for 22 irregular proteins that Power3 has identified as early signs of breast cancer. Initially the test will debut in 40 clinics that treat women at high risk for breast cancer, Rash says. Women under 40 years of age with high-risk genetic or family factors should benefit the most, he adds, because their denser breast tissue makes mammography significantly less effective."
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