July 31, 2024 by Toho University New model for determining risk of male infertility from serum hormone levels. Credit: Dr. KobayashiAccording to a World Health Organization (WHO) study (2017), about half of all infertility is due to men. Semen analysis is considered essential for diagnosis of male infertility, but is not readily available at medical...
July 30, 2024 by Marla Broadfoot, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic News Network Graphical abstract. Credit: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2024.03.038Pancreatic cancer is a formidable disease, often diagnosed too late for effective treatment. However, new research from Mayo Clinic represents a promising step toward identifying biological signals or biomarkers that may aid in early detection....
July 30, 2024 by Chinese Academy of Sciences diagram of esophageal cancer cell identification research process. Credit: GE DianlongA research team led by Prof. Chu Yannan from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences adopted a methionine regulation strategy and found that esophageal cancer cells can be identified by two...
July 25, 2024 by Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainExpensive MRI exams are commonly used to evaluate patients with suspected gallstones, often delaying definitive intervention and increasing the risk of disease severity, further complications and longer hospital stays. Over a five-year period, five machine learning models were developed and tested to retrospectively...
By Bronwyn ThompsonJuly 22, 2024 Hair growth can be stimulated by treatment with pentose sugar 2-deoxy-D-ribose (2dDR), which naturally occurs in humans and animalsDepositphotos In some good news for nearly half the world’s men, scientists have found that a naturally occurring sugar in humans and animals could be harnessed as a topical treatment for male...
JULY 23, 2024 by National Institutes of Health The LIAMT handheld processor features a window which the user can look through to view fluorescent virus detection signals. Credit: Advanced Science (2024). DOI: 10.1002/advs.202310066Because of its high accuracy, laboratory-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing is the gold standard for infectious disease diagnostics. However, PCR technology requires...
JULY 22, 2024 by IOS Press Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain To date, Parkinson’s disease (PD) is diagnosed clinically and rather late in the course of the disease. There is an urgent need to find an objective, quantifiable biomarker for the diagnosis of this highly prevalent movement disorder. Researchers have now found initial evidence that a...
JULY 22, 2024 by Karolinska Institutet Credit: Karolina Grabowska from PexelsThe Stockholm3 blood test, developed by researchers at Karolinska Institutet, is equally effective at detecting prostate cancer in different ethnic groups, a new paper published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology reports. The test produces significantly better results than the current PSA standard. Stockholm3, a...
JULY 22, 2024 by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical Xpress Study overview. Credit: Nature Human Behaviour (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-01924-6Recent advances in the study of proteomes (i.e., the entire range of proteins expressed by human cells and tissues) have opened new opportunities for identifying the biological markers of specific diseases or mental disorders. This could in turn...
Medscape Medical News Megan Brooks July 09, 2024 Bacterial and nonbacterial components of the gut microbiome and their function can accurately differentiate children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from neurotypical children, new research shows. The findings could form the basis for development of a noninvasive diagnostic test for ASD and also provide novel therapeutic targets,...
