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ECU researchers develop world’s first blood test that detects melanoma in its early stages

Edith Cowan University researchers have developed the world’s first blood test capable of detecting melanoma in its early stages, a breakthrough that will save thousands of lives, as well as millions of dollars for the health system.

20 Jul 2018

Sleep disturbances associated with higher dementia risk

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report that sleep disturbances in midlife or in late life are associated with a higher risk for developing dementia in old age. The results are published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.

20 Jul 2018

MRI and blood test combination results in improved prostate cancer diagnosis

New research from Karolinska Institutet shows that the blood test Stockholm3 together with magnetic resonance imaging and targeted prostate biopsies may lead to a significant decrease in the number of biopsy procedures and diagnoses of harmless disease.

20 Jul 2018

Melanoma could soon be detected using a blood test

West Australian researchers from Edith Cowan University have managed to develop a blood test that is capable of diagnosing melanomas before they can spread to other parts of the body. The study titled, “A diagnostic autoantibody signature for primary cutaneous melanoma,” was published in the latest issue of the journal Oncotarget.

18 Jul 2018

Four-protein biomarker blood test improves lung cancer risk assessment for smokers

A four-protein biomarker blood test improves lung cancer risk assessment over existing guidelines that rely solely upon smoking history, capturing risk for people who have ever smoked, not only for heavy smokers, an international research team reports in JAMA Oncology.

12 Jul 2018

Aeras announces publication of Phase 2 results of two TB vaccines

Aeras, a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing vaccines against tuberculosis (TB), today announced the publication of the full results from a Phase 2, randomized, controlled clinical trial of two TB vaccines-- the currently available BCG vaccine and an investigational vaccine, H4:IC31--in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

12 Jul 2018

New lab-on-a-chip technology could soon help detect fetal genetic abnormalities in early pregnancy

Biomedical engineers Dr Marnie Winter and Professor Benjamin Thierry from UniSA's Future Industries Institute and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology are part of a team of researchers who have isolated fetal cells from maternal blood using a tiny microfluidic device, allowing for improved genetic testing.

11 Jul 2018

Researchers develop simple blood test to predict likely spread of rare cancer

New QUT research has shed fresh light on how head and neck cancer spreads to other organs and researchers are developing a simple blood test to tell doctors which patients are at risk of spread long before conventional imaging can.

9 Jul 2018

New blood test can help determine the state of a person's internal clock

With a new blood test, researchers at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin can determine the state of the internal clock of a person. Once the internal rhythm of patient is known, drugs could be administered at particular times of day making them more effective and with fewer side effects than standard therapy.

2 Jul 2018

Researchers develop inexpensive blood test to diagnose hepatitis B patients

A simple $20 blood test could help diagnose thousands of patients with hepatitis B in need of treatment in some of Africa's poorest regions.

2 Jul 2018

Tiny snippets of genetic material may help with early detection of Alzheimer's disease

Researchers at Indiana University have found early evidence that tiny snippets of genetic material called microRNA may help with early detection of conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.

29 Jun 2018

Individual species of lipids may be better signatures of metabolic health

Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States, and high triglyceride levels in the blood are cited as just one of several risk factors. Millions of lipid panels, blood tests that look at cholesterol levels as well as triglycerides, are performed in clinics each year.

27 Jun 2018

Chemical compounds produced by gut bacteria could help spot early stages of liver disease

Chemical compounds produced by the bacteria in our gut could be used to spot the early stages of liver disease, according to new research.

25 Jun 2018

DNA patterns in circulating blood cells can help identify spastic cerebral palsy

A Delaware team including Erin Crowgey, PhD, associate director of Bioinformatics with Nemours Biomedical Research, has published a study in the peer-reviewed journal BMC Bioinformatics, showing that DNA patterns in circulating blood cells can be used to help identify spastic cerebral palsy (CP) patients.

22 Jun 2018

Researchers diagnose cerebral palsy using AI and next-generation sequencing

Researchers have shown that patients with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) can be identified using DNA methylation patterns in circulating blood cells.

22 Jun 2018

Nightingale Health to analyze biomarker profiles of 500,000 blood samples from UK Biobank

Comprehensive metabolic biomarker profiles of the world's largest health database to be analyzed in 30 months.

22 Jun 2018

New guidelines recommend newborns with Down’s syndrome to receive leukemia test

New genetic testing has been developed at the University of Oxford to detect early signs of a potentially fatal condition that can also develop into full blown leukaemia in children with Down’s syndrome.

21 Jun 2018

Follow-up study confirms success of physiological test for autism

One year after researchers published their work on a physiological test for autism, a follow-up study confirms its exceptional success in assessing whether a child is on the autism spectrum.

19 Jun 2018

Single blood sample can provide adequate confirmation of diabetes

The study, published June 19 in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, found evidence that a positive result for two standard diabetes markers in a single blood sample is a highly accurate predictor of diabetes and of major diabetes complications such as kidney disease and heart disease.

19 Jun 2018

Novel chip can be used to identify rhinovirus strains as cause of asthma

MedUni Vienna has developed a method that can be used to identify individual rhinovirus strains ("cold viruses") as a cause of asthma.

18 Jun 2018

Blood Test News and Research

ECU researchers develop world’s first blood test that detects melanoma in its early stages

Sleep disturbances associated with higher dementia risk

MRI and blood test combination results in improved prostate cancer diagnosis

Melanoma could soon be detected using a blood test

Four-protein biomarker blood test improves lung cancer risk assessment for smokers

Aeras announces publication of Phase 2 results of two TB vaccines

New lab-on-a-chip technology could soon help detect fetal genetic abnormalities in early pregnancy

Researchers develop simple blood test to predict likely spread of rare cancer

New blood test can help determine the state of a person's internal clock

Researchers develop inexpensive blood test to diagnose hepatitis B patients

Tiny snippets of genetic material may help with early detection of Alzheimer's disease

Individual species of lipids may be better signatures of metabolic health

Chemical compounds produced by gut bacteria could help spot early stages of liver disease

DNA patterns in circulating blood cells can help identify spastic cerebral palsy

Researchers diagnose cerebral palsy using AI and next-generation sequencing

Nightingale Health to analyze biomarker profiles of 500,000 blood samples from UK Biobank

New guidelines recommend newborns with Down’s syndrome to receive leukemia test

Follow-up study confirms success of physiological test for autism

Single blood sample can provide adequate confirmation of diabetes

Novel chip can be used to identify rhinovirus strains as cause of asthma

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