Size matters: Advance could increase sensitivity of liquid biopsies
Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - 16:31
in Biology & Nature
A new study reports an advance that could increase the accuracy of liquid biopsies. The blood test monitors cancer progression by detecting pieces of circulating tumor DNA, but results can be obscured by abundant DNA from healthy cells. The research shows that the two types of DNA fragments are typically differently sized in cancer patients, a property that can be exploited to enhance the test's sensitivity.