News tagged with biological markers
Study unlocks origins of blood stem cells
A research team led by Nancy Speck, PhD, professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has discovered a molecular marker for the immediate ...
Medical research
Dec 09, 2011 |
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NIH scientists outline steps toward Epstein-Barr virus vaccine
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects nine out of ten people worldwide at some point during their lifetimes. Infections in early childhood often cause no disease symptoms, but people infected during adolescence or young adulthood ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Systemic inflammation, age, cardiac risk linked
(Medical Xpress) -- Systemic inflammation, the immune system's defense against disease or injury that can contribute to problems like cancer and diabetes over time, increases with age in people with heart-disease symptoms, ...
Cardiology
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Linking brain-derived neurotrophic factor to alcohol dependence
One of the ways an alcohol dependence (AD) diagnosis can be made is through measurement of biological markers of hepatic injury such as gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) and mean corpuscular volume (MCV). These markers, however, ...
Medical research
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Shrinking brain could aid diagnosis of clinical depression
(Medical Xpress) -- Parts of the brain appear to shrink when people suffer from severe depression, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust and the National Institute for Health Research.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 05, 2011 |
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New approach to link genome-wide association signals to biological function
Researchers have developed a new strategy to improve the outcome of genome-wide association (GWA) studies.
Genetics
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Weaker brain 'sync' may be early sign of autism
In a novel imaging study of sleeping toddlers, scientists at the University of California, San Diego Autism Center of Excellence report that a diminished ability of a young brain's hemispheres to "sync" with one another could ...
Neuroscience
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Natural Alzheimer's weapon suggests better treatment
Scientists have shown a molecular chaperone is working like a waste management company to collect and detoxify high levels of toxic amyloid beta peptide found in Alzheimer's disease.
Medical research
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Vaccine increases disease-free survival for follicular lymphoma patients
A lymphoma vaccine uniquely tailored for each patient extends disease-free survival by 14 months, with signs of an even better response for patients with a specific biological marker, a team led by scientists at The University ...
Cancer
May 31, 2011 |
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Aggressive breast tumors linked to vitamin D deficiency
(Medical Xpress) -- Low vitamin D levels among women with breast cancer correlate with more aggressive tumors and poorer prognosis, according to a new University of Rochester Medical Center study highlighted this week at ...
Cancer
May 02, 2011 |
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