When heart muscle is damaged it leaks a protein called troponin into the blood Testing for this protein can be used to detect the early signs of damage early The simple test would take just 30 minutes to deliver a result straight to doctors It would identify people who would benefit from cholesterol-busting statins It...
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First use of graphene to detect cancer cells
What can’t graphene do? You can scratch “detect cancer” off of that list. By interfacing brain cells onto graphene, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have shown they can differentiate a single hyperactive cancerous cell from a normal cell, pointing the way to developing a simple, noninvasive tool for early cancer diagnosis. “This graphene system...
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Diagnosing dementia, the quicker way. Measuring levels of a chemical linked to Type2 diabetes in the brain could spot the onset of dementia.
Keynotes: High levels of autotaxin are found in the brains of obese adults, a study found However, large quantities are also present in sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease Being overweight is known to make insulin resistant – leading to type 2 diabetes It is thought the preventable condition causes the brain to use less blood sugar...
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New form of autism found
An international team of researchers led by scientists at IST Austria identified a new form of syndromic autism | Study published in Cell Autism spectrum disorders affect around one percent of the world’s population and are characterized by a range of difficulties in social interaction and communication. In a new study published in Cell, a team...
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Heart disease protein linked to brain damage
OAK BROOK, Ill. – Levels of a protein in the blood associated with heart disease are also linked to early-stage brain damage, according to a study appearing online in the journal Radiology. Heart disease and brain disease exact a major burden on society, and the incidence is expected to increase significantly due to the rapidly aging...
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Simple blood test could show lung cancer 5 YEARS before the disease even appears on medical scans
Antibodies are produced by the immune system during the early stages The best hope for successful lung cancer treatment is to detect it early But screening patients at high-risk for antibodies could save many lives A simple blood test could allow doctors to spot signs of lung cancer five years before the disease even shows on...
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New form of autism found
An international team of researchers led by scientists at IST Austria identified a new form of syndromic autism | Study published in Cell Autism spectrum disorders affect around one percent of the world’s population and are characterized by a range of difficulties in social interaction and communication. In a new study published in Cell, a team...
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Tricky gene mutations detected by new easy-to-use DECoN software
Photo: Jan Chlebik/the ICR Scientists have developed an easy-to-use software tool that can detect important genetic mutations that previously needed to be identified by a separate test. The software, called DECoN, accurately and quickly detects changes in copy number of blocks of DNA called exons, by analysing sequencing data already generated to identify smaller gene...
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Blood test determines type of cancer
The scalpel-free biopsy that can pinpoint cancer: New blood test helps oncologists tell the difference between types of the deadly disease The Parsortix system can filter and collect cancer cells in a blood sample Doctors are then able to tailor the best chemotherapy to treat the disease Trials of the new device are being carried...
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Bone marrow cancer: Noninvasive detection steps closer
Researchers have for the first time shown it may be possible to detect early – or pre-fibrotic – stages of myelofibrosis noninvasively with magnetic resonance imaging. The current standard method of diagnosing the rare bone marrow cancer is through tissue analysis of biopsy samples. Myelofibrosis is a rare, slowly evolving cancer where bone marrow becomes...