More information: Hua Bao et al, Early detection of multiple cancer types using multidimensional cell-free DNA fragmentomics, Nature Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03735-2 ...

Circulating cell-free DNA (ccfDNA), refers to degraded DNA fragments that circulate freely in body fluids such as blood plasma, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid. These fragments vary in size, reflecting ...

More information: Mohamed Adil et al, Preeclampsia risk prediction from prenatal cell-free DNA screening, Nature Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03509-w ...

A cell-free DNA (cfDNA) blood test, aimed at detecting abnormal DNA signals in people with an average risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), correctly detected CRC in most people confirmed to have the ...

Liquid biopsy techniques using cell-free DNA (cfDNA) play an increasingly important role in the characterization and surveillance of solid tumors. For blood cancers, molecular response assessment ...

Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is routinely used as a marker of genomic alterations that potentially serve as therapeutic targets in advanced solid tumors. 7 We initiated a nationwide cfDNA-based screening ...

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For the new cell-free DNA testing, a small amount of a person's blood is tested for a large number of cancers. A positive test could indicate that the person has a certain type of cancer in theory ...