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LungCanSeek: New Blood Test Offers Affordable and Accurate Early Detection of Lung Cancer

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A groundbreaking study published in Translational Lung Cancer Research reveals the potential of LungCanSeek, a novel blood test that uses four protein markers and artificial intelligence, to transform lung cancer screening by making early detection both highly effective and cost-efficient for broad populations, including those in low- and middle-income countries.

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Algae-based gel offers new tool for breast cancer research

In 2020, right when Jane Baude was starting her Ph.D. research at UC Santa Barbara, she learned that a critical component of her experiment—the gel needed to grow and test mammary epithelial cells—wouldn’t be available for nearly a year because of pandemic-related production issues. So, she and her advisor, professor Ryan Stowers, decided to pivot: Baude would engineer her own gel to study cells.

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