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Monday, January 23, 2023, 4:00pm
By Gaby Vinick

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison analyzed fragments of DNA floating outside of cells in plasma samples to test for markers of cancer. They accurately distinguished between cancer patients and healthy individuals 91 percent of the time.

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