by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The research team has developed a revolutionary blood test for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) that can measure the levels of 21 proteins in multiple crucial biological pathways. The test can also calculate an AD risk score, enabling the evaluation of an individual’s AD status. Credit: Hong Kong University of...
by Uppsala University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainUsing the results of a standard blood test and an online tool, you can find out if you are at increased risk of having a heart attack within six months. The tool has been developed by a research group at Uppsala University in the hope of increasing patients’ motivation to...
by Kayt Sukel, Rice University Scan of mouse hippocampus and cortex, where the red signal derives from immunostaining for the synthetic marker developed by the Szablowski lab and the blue from the immunostaining of c-Fos, an endogenous protein whose production is heightened by increased neuronal activity. Credit: Szablowski lab/Rice UniversityThe brain is the most protected organ...
Randy Dotinga November 20, 2023 SAN DIEGO – Researchers say they’ve developed a novel blood-based assay that can differentiate patients with seropositive or seronegative rheumatoid arthritis from healthy people and those with other inflammatory diseases or osteoarthritis. While cautioning that the results need to be confirmed, University of Oxford (England) rheumatologist Peter Taylor, PhD, MA,...
by University of Cambridge Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResearchers have developed a new way of improving diagnosis of bipolar disorder that uses a simple blood test to identify biomarkers associated with the condition. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, used a combination of an online psychiatric assessment and a blood test to diagnose patients with bipolar...
by The Hospital for Sick Children Credit: CC0 Public DomainResearchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and University Health Network (UHN) have demonstrated that by analyzing patients’ blood samples, they are able to detect cancer earlier in individuals with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, an inherited condition with an almost 100%...
by American Heart Association blood testCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA simple blood test may predict the risk of progressive heart and kidney disease in people with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease, according to new research published in the journal Circulation. “High levels of certain biomarkers are indicators of heart and kidney complications and may help...
by Adam Piore, University of California, San Francisco Credit: CC0 Public Domain When Daniel Gibbs, M.D., enrolled in an Alzheimer’s study at UC San Francisco almost a decade ago, researchers needed access to a secure government facility just to confirm that he had the disease. They summoned Gibbs to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, hooked him...
by Columbia University Receiver Operator Curve Analyses of Plasma Biomarker Performance in Classifying Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)–Supported Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease Performance of plasma biomarkers amyloid-β 1-40 (Aβ40) (inverse), amyloid-β 1-42 (Aβ42) (inverse), total tau (T-tau), neurofilament light chain (NfL), phosphorylated tau181 (P-tau181), and ratios of Aβ40/Aβ42, T-tau/Aβ42, and P-tau181/Aβ42 in classifying CSF biomarker (P-tau181/Aβ42)–supported diagnosis of...
by Lund University Interictal and postictal immune protein levels in serum from patients with temporal and frontal lobe seizures and PNES. A-B, interictal IL-6 and ICAM-1 protein levels in patients with TLE, FLE, TLE + PNES, PNES, and controls (CTRL). C–H, interictal compared to postictal protein levels of IL-6, MIP1β, TARC, MDC, IFN-y, ICAM-1at 6–8 h and 24 h...
