News Headline
Applying the concept of liquid biopsy to monitor the microbial biodiversity of marine coastal ecosystems
Source
Nature
Publication Date
2022-07-26
Liquid biopsy (LB) is a concept that is rapidly gaining ground in the biomedical field. Its concept is largely based on the detection of circulating cell-free DNA (ccfDNA) fragments that are mostly released as small fragments following cell death in various tissues. A small percentage of these fragments are from foreign (nonself) tissues or organisms.