Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) and Keio University (Japan) present a practical and reliable way to test for infectious diseases. All you need are a special glowing paper strip, a drop of blood and a digital camera, as they write in the scientific journal Angewandte Chemie. Not only does this make the technology...
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Early Parkinson’s patients waiting too long to seek medical evaluation
The time between diagnosis and the institution of symptomatic treatment is critical in the effort to find a cure for Parkinson’s Disease (PD). A paper published in Nature Partner Journal: Parkinson’s Disease notes too many early PD patients wait too long before seeking medicalattention, or start taking symptomatic medications before they are required, thereby dramatically shrinking the pool of candidates for clinical trials. Figure 1. Relationship between time of diagnosis,...
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New NCATS-Supported Test Could Provide Faster Diagnosis of Deadly Disease
Every year, diarrheal disease kills more than 1 million people, mostly children in the developing world. To treat the illness effectively, health care providers need to know its cause. Currently, a diagnosis requires sending a stool sample to a lab for expensive tests, then waiting to find out if the patient has a bacterial or...
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New urine dipstick test detects cause of disease that blinds millions
Scientists at Scripps Research have developed a urine diagnostic to detect the parasitic worms that cause river blindness, also called onchocerciasis, a tropical disease that afflicts 18 to 120 million people worldwide. Described in the journal ACS Infectious Diseases, the new, non-invasive test may provide an inexpensive method of determining in real time whether a...
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Novel blood test predicts kidney cancer risk and survival five years prior to diagnosis
A critical biomarker of kidney disease may help predict clear cell kidney cancer—the most common form of kidney cancer—years before clinical diagnosis. Kidney-injury-molecule-1 (KIM-1) can be detected in the urine and blood and is generally present at low levels in healthy individuals. Prior research by leaders at Brigham and Women’s Hospital has shown that KIM-1 is an...