Portable CRISPR-based test detects four STIs, including syphilis, in under an hour

Researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) have developed a world-first ...

Screening For Cancer Helps To Prevent It: These Are Tests You Shouldn’t Ignore

The integration of genomic testing into cancer screening enables diagnostics to break away from conventional, one-size-fits-all protocols.

My LFT is slightly high, but I feel fine”: Doctors explain when borderline liver reports turn dangerous and what should be the immediate preventive measures

LFT slightly high. There is no pain. No yellowing of the eyes. No weakness. So it is easy to brush it aside. But the liver rarely shouts in the beginning. It whispers.Liver Function Tests, or LFTs, ...
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Even After Hepatitis B Is Controlled, Cancer Risk May Persist

Detectable serum HBV RNA in chronic hepatitis B patients with undetectable viral DNA was associated with a 3.2-fold higher ...

Pathogen-agnostic testing reveals hidden respiratory threats in negative samples

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the term "Polymerase Chain Reaction testing" into the mainstream. The PCR method is a type of nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) that detects a pathogen by finding ...
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Impairment of Rab7-dependent STING degradation hampers HBV replication but accelerates disease progression in chronic hepatitis B comorbid with MASLD

Background Concomitant metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is prevalent in patients with chronic ...