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Why single blood markers for disease will become a thing of the past

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A number of recent studies have reported on the use of biomarkers, particularly blood-based ones, that offer the potential for screening diseases such as cancer and HIV.

A biomarker can be a gene, a gene mutation, protein, other molecule or clinical measurement that indicates a given disease state. Biomarkers...

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Schools haven't always been the safe havens of today's 'mini welfare states'

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imageAs welfare cuts bite, a growing number of schools are feeding and clothing and pupils. School cafeteria via Monkey Business Images/www.shutterstock.com

“Please, sir, I want some more,” pleaded Oliver Twist in the fictional workhouse depicted in the 1837 novel by Charles Dickens. The infamous response of Mr Bumble to Oliver’s...

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  1. Four reasons why a fully federal Scotland is not going to happen
  2. Been flooded recently? These scientists want to hear from you
  3. A budget to rebuild trust – but not trust in the Australia Council
  4. How Nigeria beat the ebola virus in three months
  5. A different route to reducing university drop-out rates
  6. Global standards miss the nuance in local child labour
  7. The African Union lacks a coherent plan to fight terrorism
  8. Terrorists use marketing skills to attract new recruits online
  9. Bigger breaks for smaller business will come at a cost
  10. Budget brief: where is the new help for domestic violence?
  11. Arms length? Forget it – it's back to the Menzies era for arts funding
  12. Budget infrastructure spending serves mainly political goals
  13. Budget news: Australian Government ends support for TC
  14. Budget brief: what's in the budget on climate change and renewables?
  15. Federal Budget 2015 – environment experts react
  16. Debt disaster is so last year – now Hockey's giving a helping hand
  17. This budget won't fix Australia's limping economy. It shouldn't try
  18. Not all corporate tax avoiders will be snared by new rules
  19. Missed opportunities on coherent pension policy reform
  20. The rise and rise of the 2015 El Niño
  21. Sexism in science: one step back, two steps forward
  22. ATAR found to be a poor predictor of how well students do at uni
  23. 21st-century character designs reflect our concerns, as always
  24. There's money for the arts in the budget – but with strings attached
  25. Consent to take part in research needs to be much easier
  26. Many feared dead as second quake hits devastated Nepal
  27. Why sales of bottled water overtaking soft drinks is nothing to celebrate
  28. Best-ever election for women gives Britain a more balanced cabinet
  29. In defence of pollsters: they never said they could predict the UK election
  30. How Greece's liquidity problem could cause an unplanned Grexit
  31. Venice Biennale 2015: the Arsenale stuffed with guns, stripped of hope
  32. How chaos in Libya spawned a security nightmare in the Mediterranean
  33. Is Devo Manc a good model for English devolution? Almost ...
  34. The battles ahead for Nicky Morgan and Jo Johnson's Tory education reforms
  35. Tom Devine: is this the end of the Union as we know it?
  36. Budget brief: how does science and research funding fare?
  37. INFOGRAPHIC: The budget winners and losers
  38. We need to protect the whistleblowers who save our skins but pay the price
  39. Education budget can’t shake the Gonski ghost
  40. Federal Budget 2015: health experts react
  41. Budget brief: will I lose my age pension?
  42. Budget brief: are there any surprises for small business, including sole traders?
  43. Path to budget surplus built on shifting foundations
  44. Federal Budget 2015: Small business wins in grab for confidence
  45. Research shows nurses are short on time, not compassion
  46. How smart is it to allow students to use mobile phones at school?
  47. How Bill Simmons' innovative style led to his rise – and fall – at ESPN
  48. Stormwater innovations mean cities don't just flush rainwater down the drain
  49. The Confederacy’s disastrous guerrilla war
  50. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to decipher the unemployment rate

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