What If a Simple Blood Test Could Detect Cancer? | Hani Goodarzi | TED

Catching cancer at its earliest stages saves lives. But in a body made up of trillions of cells, how do you spot a small group of rogue cancer cells? Biomedical researcher Hani Goodarzi discusses his lab's discovery of a new class of RNAs that, when paired with emerging AI tools, could help detect cancer earlier, more precisely and even through routine blood work — potentially transforming our understanding of the disease.

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[andycordy]

Phenomenal. This is is such amazing science and so beautifully described.❤

[asdf]

There are companies that detect cancer with a blood sample very accurately, but they first need a tumor sample so they can create a fingerprint from it. Then they can see if the treatments are working or if the cancer is still there by sequencing the DNA from a blood sample because tumors release ctDNA into the blood stream.

[pacalypsenow]

Does anyone else think this is an older american version of Will from The Inbetweeners?

[nannybannany]

Cant we already? My SIL works for a company that produces cancer diagnostic products.

[chetcalhoun]

So is there a way to use RNA/mRNA to reverse cancer growth?

[zeitgeist]

How is this different than the Grail Galleri test for 50 different cancers already available?

[brfbhwp]

Is this mean MCED?
(multi-cancer early detection)

[sumittripathi]

I think, this is more like promotional event and not making ourselves aware enough of cancer

[mariskagoosen]

Cancer killed my dad at 62 😢 is there any hope for the rest of us??

[FratNightGaming]

well im afraid of blood tests so this not gone work out for me.

[scotthenrie]

Magnesium prevents cancer. The title for an article about that is: _"Magnesium Enables Immune Cells to Tackle Infections and Cancer"_

[scottydontyeah]

I honestly thought this was the guy from inbetweeners, what a disappointment

[luciano]

I don’t think detecting is the problem..the real problem is allowing the cure!!! And that, unfortunately will never..EVER..be allowed.

[nihongo]

He's explaining as if cancer is the 'cause' of disease as supposed to being the result. As if cancer is an active thing like a virus or bacteria that 'targets' DNA in the body to spread as supposed to the body being in a state that causes DNA malfunction from smoking for example and cancer being the result. Something is afoot.