blood test

Researcher points to a computer screen displaying spectrometry results

Scientists develop AI tool to predict Parkinson's disease onset

10 May 2023

There is no blood test to identify the risk of non-genetic Parkinson’s disease, but that may change if UNSW chemists’ new machine-learning tool is validated.

How far off is a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease?

28 Jul 2016

The potential for blood-based diagnosis of Alzheimer’s is excellent, but we have much further to travel, write Anne Poljak and Perminder Sachdev.

Research team reports first evidence ovarian cancer screening can save lives

18 Dec 2015

One of the largest randomised trials ever conducted has concluded that ovarian cancer screening may reduce mortality by an estimated 20%.

Preventing suicide: a critical next step

20 Feb 2013

Doctors may in the future be able to take a blood test to determine if a patient is suicidal, with the hope of decreasing the number of people taking their own lives.