SOUTH URAL STATE UNIVERSITY War veterans have helped scientists of South Ural State University identify biological indicators which signal whether people have a post-traumatic stress disorder or a susceptibility to it. The research results are published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research(Q1) top-rated scientific journal. In their research works on studying post-traumatic stress disorder, the representatives of the SUSU School of Medical...
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Blood-based biomarkers for brain tumours
by Karthika Kaveri Maiappan, Indian Institute of Science A comparison of monocyte and neutrophil phenotype in grade four and grade three gliomas. Credit: Jayashree V Raghavan, created on biorender.com Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), along with collaborators, have identified potential blood-based biomarkers to predict disease progression and survival times in those with late-stage brain...
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Biomarkers could spell the end of anorexia nervosa
by Swinburne University of Technology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the Swinburne Anorexia Nervosa (SWAN) Research Group have discovered what is believed to be the first biomarker for anorexia nervosa. Biomarkers are typically used in the detection and treatment of physical illnesses, but never before have they been used in mental disorders. The challenges of diagnosis Anorexia nervosa...
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New biomarkers identified to detect consumption of emerging illicit drug
by National University of Singapore Professor Eric Chan (middle) from the NUS Department of Pharmacy led the research which was conducted in collaboration with the Health Sciences Authority (HSA). The research team included Ms Moy Hooi Yan (extreme left), HSA’s Laboratory Director of the Analytical Toxicology Lab – Drug Abuse Testing, and Dr Wang Ziteng (extreme right), Research Fellow at the NUS...
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Researchers discover promising biomarkers to diagnose mild traumatic brain injury
by University of Eastern Finland Figure 1: Primary quantification revealed no difference between the total sequenced reads and the sequenced reads mapping to miRNAs between experimental groups. (A) miRNA and transfer RNA reads comprised of 50–70% of the total sequenced reads (y-axis) across all samples in the experimental groups (x-axis; naïve n = 4, sham n...
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Biomarkers in fathers’ sperm linked to offspring autism
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY PULLMAN, Wash. – Biomarkers in human sperm have been identified that can indicate a propensity to father children with autism spectrum disorder. These biomarkers are epigenetic, meaning they involve changes to molecular factors that regulate genome activity such as gene expression independent of DNA sequence, and can be passed down to future...
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Data-driven discovery of biomarkers pave way for improved diagnosis of contact allergy
With the help of algorithms, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified markers that can differentiate between irritant eczema and contact allergy, two skin reactions that look similar but require different treatment. Their findings, which are published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), support the further development of alternative...
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Common class of drugs linked to increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Anticholinergic medications are used for many conditions but might also accelerate cognitive decline, especially in older persons with biological or genetic risk factors UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN DIEGO A team of scientists, led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, report that a class of drugs used for a broad...
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Small particles in the blood can reveal early-stage cancer
Small particles released by cancer cells contain specific proteins that may be used in a blood test to detect cancer at an early stage, according to a study published in the scientific journal Cell by a group of investigators from US institutions, and including a principal author from LiU. Early detection of cancer increases the...
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New method of detecting illnesses including coronavirus and cystic fibrosis
Examining individual molecules to detect the presence of disease in blood UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS ILLUSTRATION SHOWS THE MARRIAGE OF DNA NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOELECTRONICS.view more CREDIT: EATFISHDESIGN 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...