High levels of acrylamide have been found to cause cancer in animals, and scientists say it is likely to cause cancer in humans, U.S. health officials say. Lauren Robin, a chemist with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said ...
The University of Michigan’s Department of Pathology MLabs has announced the commercial availability of Mi-prostate score (MiPS) test for men, a new urine test that measures minute fragments of RNA in prostate cancer. The test ...
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What is a Carcinogen? A carcinogen is any substance that can directly cause cancer in living tissue. Radioactive substances are considered to be carcinogens, as well as none -radioactive carcinogens, which include tobacco smoke, dioxins, ...
US-based radiology company MDH Radiology has announced that it has signed an agreement with IT systems and services for radiology company Sectra to provide Telemammography Solution in the country. Under the agreement, MDH will utilize ...
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Sunbeds are putting young people at a greater risk of skin cancer than previously thought. A laboratory study by the University of Dundee has found that the average skin cancer risk from using one of the beds is over double that of ...
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The risk of a man developing cancer over his lifetime will increase to one in two by 2027,a new study has suggested. Figures from Cancer Research UK suggest that,within 15 years,50 men out of every 100 are likely to be diagnosed with ...
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Phenogen Sciences, a subsidiary of Genetic Technologies, has unveiled a non-invasive genetic risk assessment test for women with estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer. The BREVAGen uses patients oral-swab samples to calculate patient's ...
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Enzo Biochem has received New York State Department of Health approval for ColonSentry RNA expression assay to assess colorectal cancer risk. The ColonSentry test requires only a small blood sample and can thus be easily incorporated as a ...
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Quest Diagnostics has introduced a molecular cervical cancer test based on National Institutes of Health's TERC gene marker to identify molecular changes to cervical cells that increase the chance of a woman to develop cervical cancer. ...
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China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) has ordered Hunan AVA Dairy to halt the production of infant formula products, as they were found to contain the carcinogen aflatoxin. AQSIQ ...
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Phenogen Sciences has announced the availability of BREVAGen Breast cancer risk assessment test for women at above average risk of developing estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer. The risk assessment test, which combines clinical ...
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CML HealthCare, a provider of medical diagnostic services, has introduced a new blood-based diagnostic test for colorectal cancer. The new COLOGIC test is designed for screening patients who are at high risk for colorectal cancer and ...
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The Iowa state in the US has made it mandatory for state's dairy processors to test all milk received in the state for aflatoxin,a carcinogenic compound which is produced by fungus that grows on grain and peanuts. Aflatoxin can sometimes ...
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Genetic Technologies has registered a patent infringement lawsuit against Reproductive Genetics Institute in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The law suit has been filed for continuing to infringe Genetic's ...
HTG Molecular Diagnostics has licensed Merck's breast cancer marker to develop, manufacture, and market breast cancer diagnostic tests. HTG Molecular Diagnostics CEO TJ Johnson said the ability to quickly, and locally assess a patient's ...