A new genetic test could one day be used to ... measured telomere length in cells taken from blood samples and compared them to individuals' life spans. The findings, reported in the Lancet ...

A blood test could detect osteoarthritis in the knees up to eight years before it appears on X-rays – leading to hopes for a preventative treatment. The condition – thought to affect more than ...

We have sent robots to Mars, made working artificial hearts, explored the deepest depths of the Mariana Trench and sequenced the human genome, and yet, we haven’t been able to make artificial blood.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Dozens of paramedic students put the life-saving skills they’ve acquired to the test Monday. Life EMS held a regional competition to give high schoolers an opportunity to ...

Every patient who carried this set of antibodies went on to develop MS. Researchers hope these antibodies will someday form the basis of a simple blood test to ... for a better life," Wilson ...

A blood test appears capable of detecting early-stage pancreatic cancers with up to 97% accuracy, a new study reports. The test looks for eight small RNA particles and eight larger DNA markers ...

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A woman has explained how an eye test "saved her life" after her optician spotted a brain tumour during a routine examination. Katie Everett, 31, a beautician from Romsey, Hampshire, was referred to ...