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How did X-Rays gain mass adoption?

And what we can learn from this process to understand why cell-free DNA adoption has not skyrocketed yet

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Adith Arun
Jul 07, 2025
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At the University of Würzburg, Wilhelm Röntgen took the first X-Ray (XR) and presented his work “On a New Kind of Rays” in December 1895 which was printed in January 1896. In January 1896, it was reprinted in English in Nature, The Electrician, Lancet, and BMJ. A lot of literature was written about XR’s in the months to follow. News outlets from across …

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