Non-invasive prenatal testing is becoming commonplace, but, in addition, other tests using only a blood sample are being developed and will have a significant impact, notably in oncology.

L’approche réductionniste attribue l’émergence d’une tumeur et son évolution à des évènements génétiques. L’accumulation d’altérations dans l’expression de gènes provoque l’émergence d’un clone et de sous-clones. Un équilibre ...

The use of circulating tumour DNA to screen for cancer in asymptomatic individuals is the goal of Grail, initially set up by Illumina. This company is now raising a large amount of capital to develop this project on a much ...