According to the conclusions of a new study conducted by investigators at the Washington University in St. Louis (WUSL) School of Medicine (WUSM), analyses of a newly-found biomarker for Alzheimer's disease could reveal how fast mental decline will occur.
Alzheimer's is a neurodegenerative form of dementia... |
6 March 2012
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South Korean scientists say that patients with lung cancer have high levels of a certain protein in their blood, and this could be used as a biomarker for the disease.Je-Yoel Cho from Kyungpook National University and colleagues, conducted a research which concluded that the levels of the beta chain form of haptoglob... |
22 January 2011
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A new serum test might prove a reliable novel diagnostic biomarker for ectopic pregnancies, according to a new study carried out by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.In modern western societies, deaths from ectopic pregnancy are very rare, but in the developing world, the situation is tragica... |
4 November 2010
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In a new scientific study, experts were able to create a new type of particle, that could be used in the near future as a marker for highlighting cancerous cells in the body, and making them more clearly visible on X-ray images.This so-called tumor “magnet” basically consists of a specific amount of tiny ... |
22 October 2010
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Identifying biomarkers faster and more precisely is the aim of a new strategy developed by scientists at the UK's National Physical Laboratory.Biomarkers are specific to every disease but identifying them and starting treatment at a very early stage is rather difficult and time consuming.Dr Max Ryadnov, Principl... |
8 September 2010
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For the first time, a biological marker shows that chronic stress plays a very important role in heart attacks, and researchers from The University of Western Ontario have found a way to measure it.It is well known that stressors like job, marriage and financial problems favor the development of cardiovascular diseas... |
3 September 2010
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