Biomarkers – News and Features

Vaccine-induced false positives are a major roadblock in the development of an HIV vaccine, according to a research team at Penn State. The researchers developed a test that can differentiate between false positives and active HIV infections.

Brain scans, genetic data and molecular imaging have been combined to create a detailed biological map that reveals the long-sought bridge between micro- and macro-level brain organization.

A study from suggests that factors like kidney function, cholesterol and diabetes can influence blood tests for Alzheimer's disease.

Learn how compounds found in tea, coffee and berries may be linked to healthier blood pressure and cholesterol profiles.

New research shows rheumatoid arthritis starts years before symptoms, revealing early immune changes that may enable prevention.

An Emory University study of 215 pregnant women provides the first biological evidence connecting heat exposure to preterm birth. Metabolomic profiling showed that hotter temperatures disrupt key stress- and energy-related molecules.

The largest genetic study of delirium shows that APOE ε4 increases delirium susceptibility even without dementia. Researchers identified shared risk loci with Alzheimer’s disease and blood proteins that predict delirium up to 16 years earlier.

A new study shows that a specific subset of mutations in the POLE gene is strongly associated with durable responses to immunotherapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

This article examines some of the cell-based approaches that researchers are using to study acquired drug resistance and the effects of specific genetic variants on cancer cell physiology.

A high-throughput proteomics study of newborn dried blood spots uncovered a three-protein biomarker panel that distinguished preterm infants who later died of SIDS from matched controls, highlighting biological differences in preterm SIDS cases.