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universe. We're talking to the team behind the new telescope that's about to be

blasted into deep space. Plus a blood test to detect the most common cancers,

what exactly is the flu and scientist 3D print mini drug factories?

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Well let's take a look at the science news this week and first up one in three

of us unfortunately will have a brush with cancer at some point in our lives and

regrettably in the vast majority of those cases by the time

we discover we've got the disease it will already be at an advanced stage and often

too advanced for a simple curative operation to remove it. Now things might be about to change.

Scientist Nick Papadopoulos at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore has come up with a way to test blood

samples for proteins and DNA markers that can pinpoint

the presence of early stage cancer in 70% of cases, and even reveal where in the body the tumor is.

The problem was the early detection of cancer.

We believe that detecting cancer early gives a better chance for survival of the individual that has that cancer.

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