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New cancer blood test heading to market

Quick ReadBoston scientists who invented the test and health-care giant Johnson & Johnson will announce Monday that they are joining forces to bring to market a blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones.

This is the chip being tested for use

Photo credit: Handout | This is the chip being tested for use in cancer clinics. It is reputed to be the most sensitive means for finding cancer cells in the blood.

A blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones is one step closer to being available at your doctor's office.

Boston scientists who invented the test and health-care giant Johnson & Johnson will announce Monday that they are joining forces to bring it to market. Four big cancer centers also will start studies using the experimental test...

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