This is particularly good news for people under the age of 40 years since you can rest assured that you have the least prospects of developing cancer whilst this new technology is developed, and rolled out. Researchers have developed a blood test so sensitive it is able to detect cancer cells for 13 different varieties of cancer in a single, non-evasive diagnostic test. The test is far easier than a body scan. The technology is not new. As a geologist, mining companies for decades, have long sampled rocks, soils and alluvium for gold and other minerals in concentrations of as little as 2-3 parts per billion. This is the same type of technology. The difference is that they had to first identify the cells I guess.
This is a huge development. I can even see the day when people over 40 years will get these tests for free each 6 months in exchange for blood donation. The only problem might be the fact that the world probably does not need as much blood. But this just might mean smaller blood samples. More probably it will just offset the cost. But maybe other developments like cell harvesting might subsidise such tests.
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Andrew Sheldon www.sheldonthinks.com
