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Cancer DNA is detectable in blood years before diagnosis

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279 points bookofjoe | 9 comments | 18 Jul 25 18:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.334s | source | bottom
1. andrewstuart ◴[18 Jul 25 19:40 UTC] No.44608960[source]▶
Blood testing sounds like a great opportunity for a startup…….
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2. adamors ◴[18 Jul 25 19:46 UTC] No.44609009[source]▶
I wonder if they could work with very small amounts of blood …?
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3. supportengineer ◴[18 Jul 25 19:53 UTC] No.44609080[source]▶
What if they took a small amount, but ran many different tests with it?
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4. sylens ◴[18 Jul 25 19:58 UTC] No.44609118{3}[source]▶
What if the testing unit was so small it could sit on your kitchen counter and send the results digitally to your doctor?
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5. jjtheblunt ◴[18 Jul 25 19:58 UTC] No.44609123[source]▶
that made me chuckle.

then i remembered a month or so ago seeing this, and not knowing what to make of it.

https://siphoxhealth.com/

6. andrewstuart ◴[18 Jul 25 20:08 UTC] No.44609221{4}[source]▶
What if major venture capitalists rallied around a charismatic founder and gave the startup huge financial backing.
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7. cnst ◴[18 Jul 25 20:19 UTC] No.44609344{5}[source]▶
What if the founder had a really nice deep voice to convince everyone that they're legit?
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8. ada1981 ◴[18 Jul 25 22:03 UTC] No.44610295[source]▶
Have you seen function health? It’s now a unicorn.

As far as I can tell, they did a wholesale deal with quest diagnostics, and run your results through ChatGPT and give you supplement / diet recs via a pretty web portal 2x a year for $499.

Claim is it’s 100 biomarkers and would cost avg person $15k retail.

I’m a member and love it.

9. adxl ◴[19 Jul 25 00:21 UTC] No.44611326{6}[source]▶
Fake it till you make it.