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Blood Test Could Detect Tuberculosis in Silent Spreaders
Scientists have taken a major step towards developing a blood test that could identify millions of people who spread tuberculosis unknowingly.
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New Device Rapidly Isolates Blood Plasma for Diagnostics and Precision Medicine
Scientists have developed a coin-sized chip that can directly isolate blood plasma from a tube of blood in just 30 minutes, which is more convenient and user-friendly as compared to the current gold standard, multi-step centrifugation process.
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Skin Biopsy May Help Identify Patients With Parkinson’s
Medical office procedure detects the key biomarker in these diseases that could lead to earlier diagnosis and accelerate clinical drug development.
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Fluid Biomarker for Early Detection of ALS Developed
A new biomarker has been identified for early-stage amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia.
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Studies Finds No Evidence of Brain Injury in “Havana Syndrome” Cases
Using imaging techniques and clinical assessments, researchers found no significant evidence of MRI-detectable brain injury among a group of federal employees who experienced anomalous health incidents (AHIs).
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Could Genetics Influence Cancer Risk From Red and Processed Meats?
Researchers have explored whether genetics can influence the risk of colorectal cancer from the consumption of red and processed meat, identifying two genetic markers that may put some people at increased risk.
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Discovery Could Pave the Way for Universal Automated Drug Discovery
Rice University synthetic biologists have found a way to piggyback on the glucose monitoring technology used in automated insulin dosing systems and make it universally applicable for the monitoring and dosing of virtually any drug.
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Abnormal Brain Structures Linked to Developmental Language Impairments
A rigorous analysis of numerous studies concludes that a part of the brain traditionally associated with movement is abnormal in children with developmental language impairments, according to Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists.
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Genetic “Dark Matter” Could Help Monitor Cancer
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a machine-learning approach that identifies these sequences in both tumor DNA and cell-free DNA (cfDNA) that are shed into the blood.
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Veterans with Blast Injuries Show Spinal Fluid Changes Similar to Alzheimer's
US veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq who suffered mild traumatic brain injury from exposure to explosive blasts were found to have changes in cerebrospinal fluid proteins that are typically seen in people who develop Alzheimer’s disease.
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