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by evantbyrne 888 days ago
I'm sorry man. Routine cancer screening that is available to the general population is still super primitive. Right now, our lung cancer blood test is the only of its kind, and you need 20 pack-years of smoking history to get it while in trials. We're expanding to other cancers. Once these tests hit market they'll be cheap and effective, but trials in general take a very long time. I really think something needs to change with the regulatory process to get lifesaving tech to people more quickly, because although it needs to be a regulated marketplace, there is a staggering human cost to how inefficient the current system is.