Tag: Biomarkers

Mapping Mutation ‘Hotspots’ in Cancer Reveals New Drivers and Biomarkers

February 9, 2022
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La Jolla, CA — Researchers led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have identified and characterized a previously unrecognized key player in cancer evolution: clusters of mutations...

Researchers Identify Proteins That Could Predict Liver Transplant Rejection

January 28, 2022
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Evanston, IL — Northwestern University scientist have discovered families of proteins in the body that could potentially predict which patients may reject a new organ transplant, helping inform decisions...

Mediterranean Diet Associated With a Lower Risk of Mortality in Older Adults

January 20, 2022
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Barcelona, Spain — A greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet which had been assessed through an index made with biomarkers during a 20-year scientific monitoring is associated with a lower mortality...

Detecting Attention Deficit Disorder More Accurately

January 6, 2022
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Geneva, Switzerland — Adult diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) is based on inattention and impulsivity criteria. Just as the causes of ADHD have a biological basis, the discovery...

Study Reveals Drinking Coffee Could Lower the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

November 23, 2021
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Perth, Australia — Good news for those of us who can’t face the day without their morning flat white: a long-term study has revealed drinking higher amounts of coffee may make you less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. The...

Urinary Biomarkers Predict Severe Kidney Injury in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19

October 26, 2021
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New York, NY — In a study published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD), researchers found that two-fold higher levels of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, monocyte chemoattractant...

Antioxidants to Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease

October 12, 2021
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Quebec, Canada — Research conducted by the Ph.D student Mohamed Raâfet Ben Khedher and the postdoctoral researcher Mohamed Haddad of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has shown...

New Biomarkers may Detect Early Eye Changes that can Lead to Diabetes-Related Blindness

August 19, 2021
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Bloomington, IN — New biomarkers found in the eyes could unlock the key to helping manage diabetic retinopathy, and perhaps even diabetes, according to new research conducted at the Indiana University...

Efficient, Systematic Genetic Analysis Helps Dissect Disease Inheritance

February 25, 2021
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Hong Kong, China — Many genetic variants have been found to have a linkage with genetic diseases, but the understanding of their functional roles in causing diseases are still limited. An international...

Detecting Multiple Sepsis Biomarkers from Whole Blood – Made Fast, Accurate, and Cheap

February 15, 2021
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Boston, MA — Many life-threatening medical conditions, such as sepsis, which is triggered by blood-borne pathogens, cannot be detected accurately and quickly enough to initiate the right course of...

Biomarkers in Mother’s Plasma Predict a Type of Autism in Offspring with 100% Accuracy

January 26, 2021
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Davis, CA — Using machine learning, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute have identified several patterns of maternal autoantibodies highly associated with the diagnosis and severity of autism. Their...

No More Needles for Diagnostic Tests?

January 25, 2021
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St. Louis, MO — Blood draws are no fun. They hurt. Veins can burst, or even roll — like they’re trying to avoid the needle, too. Oftentimes, doctors use blood samples to check for...

How to Use Antibodies to Control Chemical Reactions

December 8, 2020
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Rome, Italy — Antibodies are remarkable biomarkers: they are the cues that provide us with indications about many diseases and how our immune system counter them. Now a group of scientists from the...

Co-Occurrence of Cancer Driver Genes, Key to Precision Medicine

September 24, 2020
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Barcelona, Spain — Cancer driver genes are those with mutations that are essential for tumour development and spread. Led by ICREA researcher Patrick Aloy, scientists from the Structural Bioinformatics...

New Method of Detecting Illnesses Including Coronavirus and Cystic Fibrosis

September 3, 2020
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Leeds, UK — A new and quicker method of diagnosing diseases in patients has been created by researchers at the University of Leeds. The team has developed a system of examining individual molecules...

Phosphoprotein Biomarkers to Guide Cancer Therapy are Identified

July 30, 2020
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Birmingham, AL — Precision medicine in cancer treatment uses genetic changes in the cancer cells to select the best therapies for individual patients. Now researchers led by Dr. James Bibb, professor...

Silver-Plated Gold Nanostars Detect Early Cancer Biomarkers

July 23, 2020
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Durham, NC — Biomedical engineers at Duke University have engineered a method for simultaneously detecting the presence of multiple specific microRNAs in RNA extracted from tissue samples without the...

Clear Signs of Brain Injury With Severe COVID-19

June 22, 2020
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Gothenburg, Sweden — Certain patients who receive hospital care for coronavirus infection (COVID-19) exhibit clinical and neurochemical signs of brain injury, a University of Gothenburg study shows....

Could the Blood of COVID-19 Patients be Used to Predict Disease Progression?

June 8, 2020
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Berlin, Germany — People respond very differently to infection with the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). While some patients develop no symptoms at all, others will develop severe disease and may even...

Silver Nanocubes Make Point-of-Care Diagnostics Easier to Read

May 14, 2020
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Durham, NC — Engineers at Duke University have shown that nanosized silver cubes can make diagnostic tests that rely on fluorescence easier to read by making them more than 150 times brighter. Combined...

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