Blood test to predict how likely you are to die within 5 to 10 years

A provocative new study is suggesting a blood test tracking 14 different biomarkers can predict a person's risk of dying within the next 10 years better than any conventional models. The research is still a long way off being broadly deployed in clinical environments and the test may be of most use in human drug trials as a surrogate endpoint for mortality.

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Category: Medical

Tags:

• Blood
• Deaths
• Lifespan
• Predictions
• Test

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