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Hong Kong researchers develop rapid blood test for cancer detection

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Hong Kong researchers are developing a new PCR system capable of analyzing blood samples to detect cancer, infections, and birth defects within hours. This technology aims to significantly reduce the agonizing wait times patients currently experience for diagnostic results. One patient's experience with lymphoma highlights the critical need for faster diagnostic methods. AI

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Hong Kong researchers develop rapid blood test for cancer detection

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Fiona Sun ·

    ‘Really terrified’: how a blood test could spare cancer patients an agonising wait

    In the second of a four-part Health Matters wellness series on frontier medicine in Hong Kong, Fiona Sun looks into how a new PCR system can detect cancer, infections and birth defects within hours, and what it will take to bring such laboratory breakthroughs to patients. Part on…

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