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A new light-based sensor can spot incredibly tiny amounts of cancer biomarkers in blood, raising the possibility of earlier and simpler cancer detection.

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[–] EverXIII@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Good news for all of us. Well done to all involved in this project. Science is the only key to cure cancer! Thanks for your efforts!

[–] MalReynolds@piefed.social 10 points 3 weeks ago

Cool tech, looks much more versatile than just cancer biomarkers. General reminder that we all get cancers on the regular and our immune systems take care of them, so used unwisely things like this can lead to unnecessary (and profitable) procedures.