Stephanie Fraley (left) reviews bacterial DNA melt curve data with her graduate students(Credit: UCSD) When a patient is diagnosed with sepsis, a medical syndrome that kills more people than breast cancer, prostate cancer and HIV combined, it sets off a countdown for doctors to treat the infection and uncover the culprit causing the body’s systems to shut down....
Category: <span>Detection</span>
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Blood test may help differentiate Parkinson's from similar diseases
A simple blood test may be as accurate as a spinal fluid test when trying to determine whether symptoms are caused by Parkinson’s disease or another atypical parkinsonism disorder, according to a new study published in the February 8, 2017, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. In early stages...
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First blood biomarker for multiple sclerosis discovered
A blood test for determining the subtype of MS could be as little as two years away following the discovery of a blood biomarker Although there is no known cure for multiple sclerosis (MS), there are treatments that can help prevent new attacks and improve function after an attack. However, there are three subtypes of...
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Scientists identify two brain networks influencing how we make decisions
Scientists at the Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit at the University of Oxford have pinpointed two distinct mechanisms in the human brain that control the balance between speed and accuracy when making decisions. Their discovery, published in eLife, sheds new light on the networks that determine how quickly we choose an option, and how...
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The number of microvascular complications is associated with an increased risk for severity of periodontitis in type 2 diabetes patients: Results of a multicenter hospital‐based cross‐sectional study
Abstract Aims/Introduction To explore the relationships between periodontitis and microvascular complications as well as glycemic control in type 2 diabetes patients. Materials and Methods This multicenter, hospital‐based, cross‐sectional study included 620 patients with type 2 diabetes. We compared the prevalence and severity of periodontitis between patients with ≥1 microvascular complication and those without microvascular complications....
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The breakthrough prostate test ALL men must ask for: 'Game-changing' scan saves you a painful procedure, but when will YOUR hospital get up to speed?
Chris Kitcher vividly recalls the moment he was diagnosed with prostate cancer He had been showed his two tumours on a screen, rather than needing a biopsy Chris was one of the first to try the new mpMRI scan, a new, pain-free cancer test Still, only 50 per cent of hospitals have the technology to...
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Biggest Breast Cancer Breakthrough: Map Links Breast Cancer Cell Shape And Genes To Disease Outcomes
Cell Shape-Gene Network Can Predict Cancer Outcome Scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research in London took a closer look at cell shapes in millions of imaging scans of more than 300,000 breast cancer cells and information for about 28,000 genes. They discovered that the changes in cell shape, which can result from physical pressures...
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Autism Researchers Discover Genetic ‘Rosetta Stone’
Distinct sets of genetic defects in a single neuronal protein can lead either to infantile epilepsy or to autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), depending on whether the respective mutations boost the protein’s function or sabotage it, according to a new study by UC San Francisco researchers. Tracing how these particular genetic defects lead to more general...
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Breath test could save lives by diagnosing deadly cancers earlier
A simple breath test could save lives by diagnosing deadly cancers early. British research shows the breathalyser is 85 per cent accurate at identifying stomach and oesophageal cancers, which between them affect 16,000 men and women a year. Both types of cancer are often diagnosed late, leading to poor survival rates. Scientists hope the new breath...
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Intricate 3D model predicts when heart patients will die
Using this 3D image of the patient’s heart the system can replicate how the organ contracts during each individual beat Scientists in the UK have developed an artificial intelligence system that can analyze the medical test results of patients with a heart disorder and accurately predict their lifespan over the following years. Researchers at...