WOW!!! One test from one drop of blood to see a person’s entire history of viruses with a high degree of reliability. This is not fantasy; it was just published in Science, one of the world’s best journals for general, high impact science. ScienceDaily also has the story – here.
It will be fascinating to see what is found when these tests are used with blood from persons with specific types of cancers.
See G. J. Xu, T. Kula, Q. Xu, M. Z. Li, S. D. Vernon, T. Ndung’u, K. Ruxrungtham, J. Sanchez, C. Brander, R. T. Chung, K. C. O’Connor, B. Walker, H. B. Larman, S. J. Elledge. Comprehensive serological profiling of human populations using a synthetic human virome. Science, 2015; 348 (6239): aaa0698 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa0698
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