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Research published in ACS Central Science reveals a method that uses pulsed infrared light to identify molecular profiles in ...

In this proof-of-concept study, blood plasma from more than 2,000 people was analyzed to link molecular patterns to lung cancer, extrapolating a potential "cancer fingerprint." Plasma is the ...

The new test works by using infrared light to detect "molecular fingerprints" of cancer in blood. (Image credit: WLADIMIR BULGAR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images) To create the new blood ...