UMBC researchers report novel method to quickly make therapeutic proteins from human blood Personalized medicine has incredible potential, but current approaches are still too expensive and time-consuming to have a big impact. A new paper in Scientific Reports looks at how to extract cellular protein synthesis machinery from human blood, and, by adding recombinant DNA to the extract, to produce therapeutic proteins within...
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Success of blood test for autism affirmed
First physiological test for autism proves high accuracy in the second trial RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Troy, N.Y. – One year after researchers published their work on a physiological test for autism, a follow-up study confirms its exceptional success in assessing whether a child is on the autism spectrum. A physiological test that supports a clinician’s diagnostic process...
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Blood test may predict future risk of cardiovascular events
Study of 27,000 women finds that branched-chain amino acid levels in the bloodstream are as predictive of heart disease as LDL cholesterol, other risk factors BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL Despite heart disease and type 2 diabetes being among the leading causes of death in the U.S., the mechanisms leading to and linking these two diseases...
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Vitamin D blood test may one day speed bipolar diagnosis in kids
Finding a reliable blood marker could offer help to doctors and parents, study suggests COLUMBUS, Ohio – A blood test may have the potential to speed accurate diagnosis – and proper treatment – of bipolar disorder in children, new research suggests. Researchers at The Ohio State University found that children with bipolar disorder had higher...
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New blood test useful to detect people at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease
Heidelberg, 6 April 2018 – There is, as yet, no cure for Alzheimer’s disease. It is often argued that progress in drug research has been hampered by the fact that the disease can only be diagnosed when it is too late for an effective intervention. Alzheimer’s disease is thought to begin long before patients show...
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New blood test found to predict onset of TB up to two years in advance
April 6, 2018 — A new blood test has been found to more accurately predict the development of tuberculosis up to two years before its onset in people living with someone with active TB, according to research published online in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, an American Thoracic Society journal. IMAGE: TB blood...
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Breath instead of a blood test
The acetone measuring chip used in the study. Experts advise anyone looking to shed extra kilos to eat less and exercise more. One way is with endurance training, during which the body burns not only carbohydrates such as sugar, but also fat. When exactly the body begins burning fat can now be determined by analysing,...
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The blood test that may save the sight of the elderly: Scientists say it will identify if older people are at risk of the most common cause of blindness
Age-related macular degeneration affects around five million people worldwide The condition has been dubbed by various experts as the ‘Alzheimer’s of the eye’ It is the leading cause of blindness around the world and it is currently incurable The new findings offer hope of an earlier diagnosis when drugs may prevent it A blood test...
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Blood test uncovers hidden diseases
Sufferers of rare mitochondrial disease have new hope with a new method developed at the University of Sydney. The method provides a diagnosis within weeks instead of months or years through a simple blood sample. Mitochondrial diseases are rare and hard to diagnose. They can affect any organ, at any age and are often ‘hidden’...
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New blood test may transform the way cancer is monitored and treated
Stanford University scientists have described a new type of test that can detect genetic mutations in minute amounts of DNA released from cancer cells into the blood. The test, which is called single color digital PCR, requires only a fraction of a tube of blood and can detect as few as three mutation-bearing molecules in...