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A nurse prepares to draw blood from a woman for a blood donation. A new study has identified a blood test that could effectively identify the presence of hundreds of diseases using only the proteins in one drop of blood.

In The Blood: A Single Drop Could Predict Many Diseases

To determine whether a patient has or risks developing certain diseases, doctors will usually take various measurements like blood cell counts and cholesterol levels and examine their clinical history. While these tests are highly effective in detecting numerous common diseases, they’re less so for rarer conditions like pulmonary fibrosis and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The lack of

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