Monday, December 10, 2018
Serum biomarkers are proteins generally detected in urine, blood, and other bodily fluids produced by malignant cells or in reaction to presence/absence of malignant cells. Preferably, biomarkers should have at least one or more than one of the following properties: prompt detection of cancer within high risk population, diagnosis of specific type of cancer, prediction
[ Read More ]By Bill Donovan Correspondent GALLUP — It’s 10 a.m. on a beautiful Tuesday and 86-year-old Don Holland is where he usually is every weekday morning — maintaining a healthy lifestyle by working out at the Gallup Wellness Center. “The body is a complex machine and has to be kept in good shape for a long,
[ Read More ]According to the report, global cancer biomarkers market was valued at approximately USD 11,000 million in 2017 and is expected to generate revenue of around USD 26,000 million by end of 2024, growing at a CAGR of around 13% between 2018 and 2024.
[ Read More ]Leaks in the blood-brain barrier can provide early detection for Alzheimer’s and diseases. That’s important because researchers believe that the earlier Alzheimer’s is spotted, the better chance there is to stop or slow the disease.”Cognitive impairment, and accumulation in the brain of the abnormal proteins amyloid and tau, are what we currently rely upon to
[ Read More ]We strongly believe that only digital health can bring healthcare into the 21st century and make patients the point-of-care. The spread of wearable digital technologies in healthcare generating big data entailed the appearance of a new type of medical information. They produce actionable insights into the biological state of individuals, just as general biomarkers, but
[ Read More ]Medical researchers have identified novel biomarkers of risk for future dementia. Dementia is a rising tidal wave of devastation for families and society. Age is the biggest risk factor. Alzheimer’s disease, which is the leading cause of dementia, is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States, and more than 5 million Americans are
[ Read More ]A new medical-diagnostic device made out of paper detects biomarkers and identifies diseases by performing electrochemical analyses — powered only by the user’s touch — and reads out the color-coded test results, making it easy for non-experts to understand.
[ Read More ]Stanford investigators used high-throughput analysis to link inflammation to chronic fatigue syndrome, a difficult-to-diagnose disease with no known cure.Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have linked chronic fatigue syndrome to variations in 17 immune-system signaling proteins, or cytokines, whose concentrations in the blood correlate with the disease’s severity.The findings provide evidence that inflammation
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