Researchers from UC San Francisco have announced a study that found computed tomography, or CT scans, may account for as much as 5% of all cancers annually. This is comparative to the cancer risk from ...

The objectives of diagnostic trials vary, depending on who will be using the test, for example whether it will be used by a control programme or by a laboratory providing dengue diagnostic services.

A test that can be done using a blood plasma sample containing cell-free (cf)DNA can predict whether a pregnant woman will have a preterm birth or not to a good degree of accuracy.

The sensitivity of a diagnostic test is expressed as the probability (as a percentage) that a sample tests positive given that the patient has the disease. The following equation is used to calculate ...

Quantum computers will be a dream come true for hackers, risking everything from military secrets to bank information. Can we ...

A team of researchers at UM have developed an innovative new tool that could transform how kidney disease is ...