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Biomarkers
Biomarkers: a biomarker, or biological marker, generally refers to a measurable indicator of some biological state or condition. The term is also occasionally used to refer to a substance, the presence of which indicates the existence of a living organism. Further, life forms are known to shed unique chemicals, including DNA, into the environment as evidence of their presence in a particular location.
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JUL 10, 2016Immunology
Many of the intricacies of the immune response during a pathogenic infection are yet to be fully understood. In a new st ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 06, 2016Microbiology
Chronic fatigue syndrome is a complex, mysterious condition about which little is known. It varies between individuals b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 06, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
People may be putting too much undue trust in smartphone apps for their most intimate matters, researchers report in a n ...JUL 04, 2016Cardiology
From a study of new biomarkers to calculate a person's risk for myocardial infarction, researchers are just months a ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 01, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Smoking cigarettes alters dozens of genes in the epithelial cells that line the respiratory tract. Several of these chan ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 30, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A report in the journal Blood revealed that scientists have found a protein that may diagnose chronic graft-versus-host ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Some mutations in the DNA are harmless, and a person could go their entire life with the mutation and never know. Other ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 15, 2016Neuroscience
The expression “Seeing is believing” is one that most would agree with. The problem in neuroscience is that ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 14, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at two German research facilities, the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU) and Helmholtz Zentrum M ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Depression affects millions of people worldwide, yet it’s an illness that’s still highly stigmatized. As wit ...JUN 11, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
ATP is a critical molecule. Required by all cells and made by the mitochondria, it’s the energy source for process ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2016Cardiology
Cardiac troponin T is a protein biomarker detectable with a blood test, and it is the preferred biomarker for determinin ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 09, 2016Cancer
Micro RNAs surface once again as a powerful player in human health and disease. Scientists have implicated a panel of 15 ...JUN 08, 2016Immunology
There’s a protein that signals the immune system not to kill certain cells. This action could be preventing autoim ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 07, 2016Immunology
There’s a newfound hope in immunotherapies for cancer, and it’s a drug called nivolumab. On the market under ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 06, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Emergency room doctors can now diagnose a potential heart attack in 10 minutes instead of the usual hour-long wait for r ...MAY 31, 2016Cancer
For cancer, treatment outcome and survival is directly influenced by early detection and intervention. This is especiall ...MAY 27, 2016Health & Medicine
Have you ever felt like one extremely stressful activity “took 5 years off your life”? Scientists are actual ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from blood cells as they age, called LOY, and that loss appears to be compounded by so ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
By packing chemotherapy drugs in nanoscale lipid droplets, researchers say they may have found a new way to treat one of ...MAY 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
From the dead skin cells that slough off, to the fallen strands of hair – people leave biological traces behind ev ...MAY 14, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When most people think of silk, they often imagine luxurious textiles in the form of clothing or accessories. But silk i ...MAY 14, 2016Cancer
For colorectal cancer caused by mutations in the RAS gene, the anticancer drug cetuximab remains the most formidable def ...MAY 06, 2016Cancer
Researchers say a protein biomarker could indicate whether a childhood cancer, neuroblastoma, will relapse. Absence of t ...
JUL 10, 2016
Immunology
Many of the intricacies of the immune response during a pathogenic infection are yet to be fully understood. In a new st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 06, 2016
Microbiology
Chronic fatigue syndrome is a complex, mysterious condition about which little is known. It varies between individuals b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 06, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
People may be putting too much undue trust in smartphone apps for their most intimate matters, researchers report in a n
...
JUL 04, 2016
Cardiology
From a study of new biomarkers to calculate a person's risk for myocardial infarction, researchers are just months a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 01, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Smoking cigarettes alters dozens of genes in the epithelial cells that line the respiratory tract. Several of these chan
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 30, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A report in the journal Blood revealed that scientists have found a protein that may diagnose chronic graft-versus-host
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Some mutations in the DNA are harmless, and a person could go their entire life with the mutation and never know. Other
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 15, 2016
Neuroscience
The expression “Seeing is believing” is one that most would agree with. The problem in neuroscience is that
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 14, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at two German research facilities, the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU) and Helmholtz Zentrum M
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Depression affects millions of people worldwide, yet it’s an illness that’s still highly stigmatized. As wit
...
JUN 11, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
ATP is a critical molecule. Required by all cells and made by the mitochondria, it’s the energy source for process
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2016
Cardiology
Cardiac troponin T is a protein biomarker detectable with a blood test, and it is the preferred biomarker for determinin
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 09, 2016
Cancer
Micro RNAs surface once again as a powerful player in human health and disease. Scientists have implicated a panel of 15
...
JUN 08, 2016
Immunology
There’s a protein that signals the immune system not to kill certain cells. This action could be preventing autoim
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 07, 2016
Immunology
There’s a newfound hope in immunotherapies for cancer, and it’s a drug called nivolumab. On the market under
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 06, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Emergency room doctors can now diagnose a potential heart attack in 10 minutes instead of the usual hour-long wait for r
...
MAY 31, 2016
Cancer
For cancer, treatment outcome and survival is directly influenced by early detection and intervention. This is especiall
...
MAY 27, 2016
Health & Medicine
Have you ever felt like one extremely stressful activity “took 5 years off your life”? Scientists are actual
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from blood cells as they age, called LOY, and that loss appears to be compounded by so
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
By packing chemotherapy drugs in nanoscale lipid droplets, researchers say they may have found a new way to treat one of
...
MAY 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
From the dead skin cells that slough off, to the fallen strands of hair – people leave biological traces behind ev
...
MAY 14, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When most people think of silk, they often imagine luxurious textiles in the form of clothing or accessories. But silk i
...
MAY 14, 2016
Cancer
For colorectal cancer caused by mutations in the RAS gene, the anticancer drug cetuximab remains the most formidable def
...
MAY 06, 2016
Cancer
Researchers say a protein biomarker could indicate whether a childhood cancer, neuroblastoma, will relapse. Absence of t
...