a method of using a strong magnetic field to produce an image of the inside of a person’s body.
a system of treating diseases or conditions using very small amounts of the substance that causes the disease or condition.
an instrument used in medical operations which consists of a very small camera on a long thin tube which can be put into a person’s body so that the parts inside can be seen.
the removal and examination of tissue from the body of somebody who is ill/sick, in order to find out more about their disease.
What can “blood draw” in line XX be replaced for?
blood circulation
blood sugar
blood test
blood type
“Science” in line XX is
a popular science magazine that covers articles related with science and is published monthly by Nikkei.
knowledge about the structure and behavior of the natural and physical world, based on facts that you can prove, for example by experiments.
one of the compulsory university courses for students majoring in Life Sciences.
one of the largest academic journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Nickolas Papadopoulos and his colleagues used CancerSEEK on people
who examined the levels of 8 proteins and the presence of mutations in 16 genes.
who had been diagnosed with a cancer before.
who had been diagnosed with eight cancers before.
whose cancer had spread to other parts of the body.
Exercise 2 Choose the correct word or expression to complete each of the following sentences.
A single blood test could one day be used ( ) a variety of cancers, results from a preliminary trial suggest.
to be detect
to be detected
to detect
to detecting
The test was able to detect disease in about 70% of more than 1,000 people who had already been ( ) with cancer.
considered
diagnosed
prescribed
testified
Many groups in academia and industry have focused on using liquid biopsies to ( ) cancer progression
track
trap
trek
trend
( ) is a doctor who studies and treats tumours in the body.
A dermatologist
An oncologist
A physiologist
A toxicologist
The researchers looked for ways to make their liquid biopsy more sensitive without also ( ) the risk of a false-positive result.