Alcohol abuse: Early diagnosis is key to treatment success
...itive and specific test is needed." - Biological markers such as carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT), gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), a urinary derivative of serotonin (5-HTOL/5-HIAA), mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of red cells, aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT), and alanine aminotransferase (ALAT)...Laparoscopic surgery associated with reduced inflammatory response
...found that although the levels of the inflammatory markers CRP and IL-6 increased after both types of surgery, the levels were significantly higher in patients who had undergone conventional surgery. The levels of natural killer cells were significantly higher in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery. The...Researchers identify gene set linked to breast cancer's spread to lungs
...ature paper. The new research "may provide genetic markers to aid oncologists in clinical management, offer potential therapeutic targets to develop drugs against metastasis, and give basic researchers a paradigm to understand how metastatic ability is acquired," Dr. Minn said. As the gene thumbprint is na...Study finds multiple markers for breast and ovarian cancer
...author of the study. "However, the use of multiple markers clearly improves the diagnostic ability. There are indications that these markers may also one day be useful for prognosis of the disease course. The proteomics-based discoveries of ...High insulin levels increase inflammatory markers and beta-amyloids, may contribute to Alzheimer's
...els of insulin increase the levels of inflammatory markers and beta-amyloid in plasma and in cerebrospinal fluid, and these markers may contribute to Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study posted online today from Archives of...New programs restore interest in physician-scientist research careers
...2 decades ago. "However, the study of early career markers over the past 7 to 10 years has demonstrated increasing interest in research careers by medical students, steady growth of the M.D.-Ph.D. pool, and a new burst of activity in the 'late bloomer' pool of M.D.s (individuals who choose research careers i...Detecting Alzheimer's in the eye, lifting fingerprints without touching the surface
...ing those that search for currently knownmolecular markers for the disease. The researchers are currentlyconducting larger-scale human trials and working to develop a smallfiber-optic probe that can carry out LEBS measurements. The researchers envision that LEBS could become a part of an annualexam from a ...Lombardi director receives international award for research achievements
...l's research concentrates on identifying molecular markers of pre-malignant disease to develop preventive approaches to cancer. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of cell cycle regulation and the disturbances that can lead to the malignant transformation of cells. Pestell has particu...Homing in on blood pressure genes may lead to targeted therapy
... "In other words, the same variation in genetic markers on chromosome 2 was significantly more likely to be found in the non-responders than in people who did respond to ACE inhibitors and beta blockers," Padmanabhan said. African Americans, not Caucasians, typically have salt-sensitive high blood pressu...Microarray technology could help predict patient response to adjuvant therapy for breast cancer
...r stage and age -which are all accepted prognostic markers for breast cancer. The present lack of criteria to help tailor breast cancer treatment toindividual patients indicates a need to develop new techniques for betterprediction of how patients will respond to adjuvant treatments. The researcherssuggest t...Pupils who eat school dinners just as healthy, if not healthier, than those who don't
...gland and Wales. They assessed height, weight, and markers of fatness, such as waist and hip circumference, s...te school dinners had lower levels of several risk markers for chronic disease including blood cholesterol, blood sugar and insulin. Leptin level (a marker of ...Proteome Systems signs agreement with Prince Henry's Institute for Ovarian Cancer Diagnostic Test
...atented several protein and carbohydrate candidate markers for the development of an ovarian cancer diagnosti...e is >85%. This has led to the need to develop markers that can detect ovarian cancer at this early stage. Proteome Systems has discovered and patented nov...Sexes differ in their immune reactions to burnout on the job and depression
...y and co-authors examined micro-inflammation blood markers and levels of burnout, depression and anxiety in 630 healthy, employed women and 933 healthy, employed men to determine which emotions are more likely to present more problems for each sex. Blood levels of CRP and fibrinogen concentrations were used ...World leaders in cancer research to meet in Liverpool
... breakthrough technology that identifies molecular markers in early lung cancer. The new technology uses a DNA analysis technique to detect cells in the lung that are likely to be become cancerous. Professor John Field, Director of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Research Programme, said: "Speakers at the worksh...Little evidence behind bronchodilator therapy for cystic fibrosis
...ess and responsiveness to bronchodilator drugs are markers for asthma and can be also tested for in people with cystic fibrosis. The reviewers found the following: Albuterol and terbutaline -- drugs classified as short-acting beta2-agonists -- increased FEV1 and peak expiratory flow rate for patients kno...Measuring certain enzyme activity in urine shows promise for detection of bladder cancer
...the rate of detection of bladder cancer. Among the markers investigated for this purpose has been telomerase (a certain enzyme) activity in urine. Maria Aurora Sanchini, M.Sc., of Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forl, Italy, and colleagues conducted a study to define the diagnostic accuracy of different telome...Iressa does not improve survival for patients with the most common form of lung cancer
...ive studies to identify and validate the molecular markers which predict for their maximal effect" (Quote by e-mail; does not appear in published comment)...Gene for B-cell development factor might be involved in multiple sclerosis
...e disorder. As such, they could be used as genetic markers for MS. Alfonso Martinez and colleagues from the Hospital Clinico San Carlos, in Madrid, Spain, who carried out the research, suggest that EBF-1 might be involved in MS due to its role in axonal damage. "Axonal damage is a hallmark for multiple scle...A new blueprint to aid physicians in predicting risk for type 1 diabetes
... were foreign cells. The islet cell antibodies are markers of an attack on the insulin-producing islet cells ...ert sugar into energy. Newer tests use biochemical markers to detect islet autoantibodies, and these autoantibody responses signify a cause and effect relation......istical approach to study and compare specific DNA markers in 153 dyslexic families. "We now have strong statistical evidence that a large number of dyslexic cases--perhaps as many as 20 percent--are due to the DCDC2 gene," said Gruen. "The genetic alteration on this chromosome is a large deletion of a regul...