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Brain scans and blood tests could help assess the risk of postpartum blues even before childbirth.

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Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Convicted of Fraud

Discover the potential of circulating tumor cells in early cancer detection

Improving Cancer Diagnostics with Circulating Tumor Cells in Blood

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COVID-19 May Have Arrived in US in December: Study

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First Alzheimer’s Blood Test Rolled Out for Clinical Use in US

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Experimental Blood Test Could Flag Alzheimer’s

Blood Test Detects Cancer Early, But Has Some Holdups

How (Not) to Do an Antibody Survey for SARS-CoV-2

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Opinion: Public Health Trumps Privacy in a Pandemic

Circulating Fetal Cells Sequenced for Prenatal Testing Study

Interactive: Biomarkers in Blood Provide a Window into the Brain

The Hunt for a Blood Test for Alzheimer’s Disease

Protein Changes Detected in Blood Years Before Alzheimer’s Onset

Theranos Leaders Indicted For Fraud

SEC Charges Theranos With Fraud

First Blood Test for Concussion Approved by FDA

Researchers Develop Potential Blood Test for Alzheimer’s Disease

Study: Blood Test Detects Pancreatic Cancer

Refunds Coming to Theranos’s Arizona Customers

Rapid Blood-Type Test

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

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The Genes That Shaped Pets and Domesticated Livestock

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Waters Enhances Alliance iS HPLC System Software, Setting a New Standard for End-to-End Traceability and Data Integrity 

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Agilent Unveils the Next Generation in LC-Mass Detection: The InfinityLab Pro iQ Series

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Agilent Announces the Enhanced 8850 Gas Chromatograph

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Pioneering Cancer Plasticity Atlas will help Predict Response to Cancer Therapies