A new sensor can identify within minutes patients who have suffered a stroke. Using a pinprick of blood, the test may also be able to show the severity of the stroke by measuring levels of a tell-tale ...

A simple pinprick blood test is emerging as a potential game-changer, capable of detecting disease signs up to a decade before symptoms appear. By analyzing hundreds of molecules, researchers are ...

A potential breakthrough in the early detection of the neck, head and anal cancers linked to human papilloma viruses (HPV) has emerged. It is based on a highly specific diagnostic test that appears to ...

A new blood test for cancer that is 10 times more sensitive than existing technology has been developed by Cambridge scientists – potentially paving the way for pinprick tests that can tell whether ...

A potential breakthrough in the early detection of the neck, head and anal cancers linked to human papilloma viruses (HPV) has emerged. It is based on a highly specific diagnostic test that appears to ...