Liquid Biopsy: A New Frontier in Clinical Diagnosis

A liquid biopsy is a minimally invasive technique using a simple blood sample, rather than traditional tissue biopsies. It allows clinicians to gain insights into a patient’s condition by analyzing all DNA present in the bloodstream.

WGSearcher is a data-analysis tool rather than a clinically validated test kit. If you’re seeking clinical interpretation or actionable insights about for example cancer biomarkers, it’s safer to rely on validated clinical tests. If you have a .bam file already and want research-level exploratory analysis (for example to spot unexpected microbial DNA or speculative mutations), WGSearcher could be a useful tool—but not a substitute for clinical diagnostics.

How WGSearcher Enables Liquid Biopsy Analysis

At WGSearcher.com, we make liquid biopsy-based organism analysis accessible.

How it works:

  1. Draw a blood sample from the patient (some of the consumer services offer a kit for the patient to do this themselves).
  2. Send the sample to a DNA sequencing provider for whole genome sequencing.
  3. Receive the sequence data (in a .bam file), upload it to WGSearcher.com and let WGSearcher.com search through the DNA.
  4. Analyze the results (list of organisms, possible somatic mutations) for this patients specific case.

This entire process can be part of a liquid biopsy-based analysis — from sample collection to genomic interpretation.


Ready to Try It?

If you have a .bam file with DNA data available, you can use WGSearcher right now to analyze liquid biopsy data from patients. Use the link here below:

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If you do not have a .bam file, you can get one by sequencing a sample. This can often be done at a clinic or through a consumer-service.

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