A new, error-corrected method for detecting cancer from blood samples is much more sensitive and accurate than prior methods and may be useful for monitoring disease status in patients following treatment, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine and New York Genome Center investigators. The method, based on whole-genome sequencing of DNA, also represents … Read more
New UCLA research conducted using mouse models and human genetic data has uncovered a critical factor that determines how much scarring occurs following kidney injury, leading scientists to identify a potential precision medicine approach to prevent chronic kidney disease progression. The study, published in Science Translational Medicine, highlights the role of type 5 collagen – … Read more
A simple blood test for people with a certain sleep disorder may help predict the development of dementia years before symptoms occur, according to a new study. A blood test, originally developed to detect Alzheimer’s disease, could also identify which patients with the iRBD sleep disorder are most likely to develop Dementia with Lewy Bodies. … Read more
A largescale study has found huge variation between GP practices on whether they are likely to pick up prostate cancer using a blood test. The University of Exeter led a study which aimed to investigate the proportion of patients whose prostate cancer was identified by using a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test when patients had no … Read more
London [UK], February 16 (ANI): King’s College London researchers have discovered a novel link between lipids and disorders affecting children’s metabolism. This finding may provide an early warning system for ailments, including liver disease. Scientists have developed a novel blood test that uses lipids to identify children who are more susceptible to obesity-related problems, such … Read more
Up to half of all people living with Alzheimer’s Disease in Ireland remain undiagnosed. Now, a new blood test may have the potential to transform patient care, allowing for better diagnosis, earlier interventions and more targeted treatments. Researchers at Trinity College Dublin, the Tallaght Institute of Memory and Cognition and St James’s Hospital, Dublin are exploring … Read more
Michigan Medicine and Cleveland Clinic researchers have found that patients with irritable bowel syndrome were more likely to experience less abdominal pain if they followed a diet guided by the results of a blood test, compared to those who followed a sham elimination diet. The blood test in this study (InFoods IBS, Biomerica) was specifically … Read more
New postpartum depression research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and Weill Cornell Medicine could lead to a blood test to identify women at risk and possibly even to a preventive treatment. The research suggests that pregnant women may have characteristic levels of certain molecules in their blood that can warn that they … Read more
A new blood test has an 80% accuracy in predicting preterm preeclampsia, according to a study published today, Feb. 12, in the journal Nature Medicine. The condition, which results in over 70,000 maternal deaths and 500,000 fetal deaths each year worldwide, has long been hard to predict. This makes proactive treatment challenging, according to one of the study’s lead … Read more
A new research paper was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as “Aging (Albany NY)” and “Aging-US” by Web of Science) on December 5, 2024, Volume 16, Issue 22, titled “DNA-methylation age and accelerated epigenetic aging in blood as a tumor marker for predicting breast cancer susceptibility.” Researchers Su Yon Jung, Herbert Yu, Youping Deng, and Matteo Pellegrini … Read more