Coming Soon: 1 Simple Blood Test To Diagnose 5 Different Cancers At Once

 

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Let’s keep it real.

We already know that if that cure for HIV/AIDS was found out, there’d be no social control.

And if that antidote for curing cancer was found out, the powers that be would lose lots of money, but a bird in the hand is worth two five in the bush so hey, we’ll take what we can get.

Related: Physicist Granted $1 Grant For Her Cancer Treatment Breakthough  

Reportedly, scientists have identified a single genomic signature in tumour DNA that too, is shared by five different kinds of cancer: colon, lung, breast, stomach and endometrial [cancers].

This means via a simple blood test, those common types of cancer can be detected in early stages via a chemical modification of methylation: a DNA that controls the expression of genes.

 

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