New technique developed at Washington University in St. Louis uses blood test Taking a biopsy of a brain tumor is a complicated and invasive surgical process, but a team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis is developing a way that allows them to detect tumor biomarkers through a simple blood test. IMAGE: A TEAM OF ENGINEERS...
Category: <span>Diagnostic</span>
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Meningococcal meningitis: Stomach pain should be seen as a warning sign
Patients with meningococcal infection generally develop symptoms including a high temperature, vomiting and a stiff neck… but they might also just have a bad stomach ache. This can be so severe that they are sometimes wrongly operated for appendicitis. Teams from the Institut Pasteur and the Department of Pediatrics at Bicêtre Hospital (AP-HP) decided to...
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Russian scientists learned to perform the diagnose by analyzing saliva
Researchers developed a unique method of immune diseases diagnosing the symptoms appear. Nature endowed the human with a unique protective system, the immunity. It is capable to protect the body from different external and internal effects. However, disorders of the immune system lead to various diseases from allergy and type I diabetes to more dangerous autoimmune...
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The bugs in your gut could make you weak in the knees
A prebiotic may alter the obese microbiome and protect against osteoarthritis Bacteria in the gut, known as the gut microbiome, could be the culprit behind arthritis and joint pain that plagues people who are obese, according to a new study published today in JCI Insight. Osteoarthritis, a common side effect of obesity, is the greatest cause...
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Low total testosterone in men widespread, linked to chronic disease
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A male’s total testosterone level may be linked to more than just sexual health and muscle mass preservation, a new study finds. Low amounts of the hormone could also be associated with chronic disease, even among men 40 years of age and younger. “If we look at data for men from a population...
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UPV/EHU researchers account for the complex symptoms of Angelman syndrome
The disease, which causes problems in intellectual and motor development, affects one in every 15,000 newborns The group, led by the Ikerbasque professor Ugo Mayor of the UPV/EHU’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, has just published in the journal Human Molecular Genetics an explanation of the mechanisms affected by Angelman syndrome. Thanks to an...
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Chip-based blood test for multiple myeloma could make bone biopsies a relic of the past
IMAGE: A NEW UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS RESEARCH EFFORT FEATURED IN THE CURRENT EDITION OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY HAS RESULTED IN A LOW-COST, RELIABLE BLOOD TEST THAT USES A SMALL PLASTIC CHIP ABOUT LAWRENCE — The diagnosis and treatment of multiple myeloma, a cancer affecting plasma cells, traditionally forces patients to suffer through a painful bone biopsy. During...
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GLUT5 fluorescent probe fingerprints cancer cells
Determining the presence of cancer, as well as its type and malignancy, is a stressful process for patients that can take up to two weeks to get a diagnosis. With a new bit of technology–a sugar-transporting biosensor–researchers at Michigan Technological University hope to reduce that timeframe down to minutes. IMAGE: THE MANCOU MULTICOLORED FLUORESCENT PROBE GLOWS...
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Japan to trial ‘world’s first urine test’ to spot cancer
A Japanese firm is poised to carry out what it hailed as the world’s first experiment to test for cancer using urine samples, which would greatly facilitate screening for the deadly disease. Engineering and IT conglomerate Hitachi developed the basic technology to detect breast or colon cancer from urine samples two years ago. It will now begin...
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Scientists find excess mitochondrial iron, Huntington’s disease link
University of Wyoming Professor Jonathan Fox, in the Department of Veterinary Sciences, leads research that has found a link between excess mitochondrial iron and Huntington’s disease. Credit: University of Wyoming Scientists at the University of Wyoming have found that mice engineered to have Huntington’s disease (HD) have an over-accumulation of iron in their mitochondria. The...