Harnessing the immune system's diagnostic power
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
A new method has been pioneered to track an individual's state of health by profiling the immune system. The technique, known as immunosignaturing, could provide rapid, pre-symptomatic diagnosis for a broad range of ailments, from infectious diseases to chronic afflictions to varied forms of cancer, offering the best hope for successful treatment.