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New PET imaging biomarker could better predict progression of Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers have discovered a way to better predict progression of Alzheimer’s disease. By imaging microglial activation levels with positron emission tomography (PET), researchers were able to better predict progression of the disease than with beta-amyloid PET imaging, according to a study published. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, an estimated 5.3 million Americans are currently living […]

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Unlocking the female bias in lupus

New research on the X chromosome from the School of Veterinary Medicine points to an abnormality in the immune system’s T cells as a possible contributing factor in lupus and other autoimmune diseases. The autoimmune disease lupus, which can cause fatigue, a facial rash, and joint pain, strikes females far more often than males. Eight-five […]

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Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced collaboration to advance noninvasive risk assessments of pregnancy outcomes

Thermo Fisher and NX Prenatal Inc. have entered into a collaboration to develop clinical mass spectrometry-based proteomics assays to monitor fetal health in utero and assess the risk of adverse outcomes, including preterm birth and preeclampsia. This new collaboration recognizes the challenges faced by medical professionals who have few tools available for noninvasive risk stratification […]

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Simple, cheap C-Peptide helps patients get the right diabetes diagnosis and treatment

Researchers at the University of Exeter Medical School have developed simple and inexpensive ways to measure C-peptide and have demonstrated that this test can show what treatment will be most effective for people with diabetes. Clinicians at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh have used the new test on every person thought to have type […]

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Detecting cyanide exposure

Cyanide exposure can happen occupationally or in low levels from inhaling cigarette smoke — or from being poisoned by someone out to get you. The effects are fast and can be deadly. But because cyanide is metabolized quickly, it can be difficult to detect in time for an antidote to be administered. Now, in an […]

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Scientists discover predictors that determine toxic fats in the liver

Proteins that normally reside inside cell nuclei have never been found in the blood, until now. A new blood test developed at the Johns Hopkins University by Shih-Chin Wang and Chih-Ping Mao—graduate students in Jie Xiao’s lab in the Department of Biophysics and Chien-Fu Hung’s lab in the Department of Pathology—can identify individual molecules in […]

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A highly sensitive new blood test can detect rare cancer proteins

Proteins that normally reside inside cell nuclei have never been found in the blood, until now. A new blood test developed at the Johns Hopkins University by Shih-Chin Wang and Chih-Ping Mao—graduate students in Jie Xiao’s lab in the Department of Biophysics and Chien-Fu Hung’s lab in the Department of Pathology—can identify individual molecules in […]

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Major mutation pattern in cancer occurs in bursts

Researchers have created a huge resource for investigating the biological mechanisms that cause cancer. The scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators identified which patterns of DNA damage – mutational fingerprints that represent the origins of cancer – were present in over a thousand human cancer cell lines. They also revealed that a […]

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Innovative cancer diagnostics at Braunschweig Municipal Hospital

Braunschweig Municipal Hospital has put new technology in place for molecular diagnostics that will recognize genetic changes in cancer cells. Pathologists can thus accurately identify patients eligible for targeted treatment based on the genetic make-up of their tumours. The method was developed by Neo New Oncology, a subsidiary of Siemens Healthineers. Braunschweig Municipal Hospital, with […]

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Gene identified that increases risk of antibiotic reaction

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and colleagues have identified a gene that increases the risk for a severe and potentially life-threatening reaction to the commonly prescribed antibiotic vancomycin.Routine testing for this gene could improve patient safety and reduce unnecessary avoidance of other antibiotics, they report. “We think this test will be important in the clinical […]