New blood test spots four cancers and other diseases by stripping away healthy DNA noise

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By Hugo Francisco de Souza Reviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. Apr 7 2026 By cutting through the overwhelming background of healthy blood DNA, MethylScan gives clinicians a clearer view of cancer, liver disease, and tissue damage from a single blood sample. Study: Toward the simultaneous detection of multiple diseases with a highly cost-effective cell-free DNA methylome test . Image Credit: 3dMediSphere / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal  PNAS , researchers introduced “

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