All Posts: liquid biopsy

• Surgeon and Basic Scientists Partner to Develop New Way to Suss Out Early Problems in Liver Transplantation

  A unique collaboration between basic scientists at Georgetown Lombardi and a transplant surgeon at MedStar Health could change how and when problems are identified with liver transplants, leading to expedited treatment and significantly reducing the need for additional testing.

  Category: Lombardi Stories Tags: liquid biopsy, liver transplantation

• DNA Tags Enable Blood-Based Tests to Assess Cancer Treatment Outcomes

  WASHINGTON (July 27, 2021) — Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) shed into the blood was discovered in the late 1940s, but with rapid advances in genomics and computational analytics in just the past few years, researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center now believe that studying tags, or modifications to this type of DNA, may lead to […]

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer, cfDNA, liquid biopsy