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Mammography has long been considered the gold standard breast cancer screening method, but research has shown that conventional 2D mammography, which uses a low-dose X-ray to capture images inside the breast from two angles, fails to detect as much as 20 percent of cancers.

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Applying Precision Technology to Tackle Climate-Driven Infectious Diseases

The devastating impact that infectious diseases can have on the global population was well demonstrated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, pandemics remain unusual occurrences, but research suggests that factors such as climate change may be increasing the risk of such events occurring in the future. Integrative projects that simultaneously tackle infectious disease risks, climate change, and other environmental issues could help solve a complicated global problem.
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Minimal Disease, Maximum Benefit

As both flow cytometry technology and genomic sequencing have taken technological leaps forward, the sensitivity and specificity of testing has increased to include MRD for solid tumors. Leveraging advances in next-generation sequencing, MRD test developers can look for thousands of disease markers and even detect one cancerous cell among a million healthy cells. This level of sensitivity provides evidence of disease recurrence months before traditional follow-up screening methods.
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Immunogenomics is on the Way Up

Combining immune-system science, omics, and various computational algorithms might produce success where advanced cancer treatments have failed.

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Rare Variants Can Strongly Affect Menopause and Cancer Risk

Rare variants can have around five times larger effects on menopause timing than do previously identified common variants.
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Wearable Sensor Allows Accurate Eye Tracking to Predict Brain Disorders

A small sensor that can be worn on the skin next to the eye can accurately monitor eye movements that can predict neurological disease risk.
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Tomosynthesis More Effective than Mammography for Breast Cancer Screening

Mammography has long been considered the gold standard breast cancer screening method, but research has shown that conventional 2D mammography, which uses a low-dose X-ray to capture images inside the breast from two angles, fails to detect as much as 20 percent of cancers.

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