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Direct-to-Consumer Blood Test for Assessing User’s Alzheimer’s Disease Risk

In July, the first direct-to-consumer blood test designed to assess a user’s risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease hit the market. The test, which has not undergone Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review, measures the level of a protein called beta amyloid, a key component of plaques that form in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients, disrupting brain function.

23 Aug 2023

GEMINI Test Uses Genome-Wide Sequencing to Detect Cancer

Novel blood testing technology being developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center that combines genome-wide sequencing of single molecules of DNA shed from tumors and machine learning may allow earlier detection of lung and other cancers.

7 Aug 2023

PBD Biotech Secures US Patent for Actiphage TB Diagnostic Kit

PBD Biotech developers of Actiphage TB, a ground-breaking phage-based diagnostic for laboratory tuberculosis testing, has today announced it has secured the grant of a US patent for its diagnostic kit. The company is exhibiting in the AACC Clinical Lab Expo on booth #4578.

26 Jul 2023

Game-Changing Research Shows Astrocytes as Key Regulators of Alzheimer's Disease Progression

Why do some people develop Alzheimer's disease while others don't? And, even more puzzlingly, why do many individuals whose brains are chock-full of toxic amyloid aggregates-;a telltale sign of Alzheimer's brain pathology-;never go on to develop Alzheimer's-associated dementias?

30 May 2023

IgA Described as "Tuner" in Microbe Interaction Regulation

Throughout the world, IgA deficiency is considered to be the most common primary immune deficiency, but its presentation has continued to confuse researchers and physicians.

29 May 2023

Study discovers the ability of certain blood immune cells to proliferate

The ability of a cell to divide, to proliferate, is essential for life and gives rise to the formation of complex organisms from a single cell.

20 Mar 2023

Investigating the potential cellular effects of C-reactive protein

The biological function of the C-reactive protein, CRP, has long been unidentified. Investigators at LiU have discovered that this protein has a useful function in the inflammatory disease systemic lupus erythematosus or SLE.

10 Mar 2023

Pentamer shape of C-reactive protein can suppress the immune response in inflammatory disease

The biological function of the C-reactive protein, CRP, has long been unknown. Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden now show that this protein has a beneficial function in systemic lupus erythematosus, SLE, an inflammatory disease.

9 Mar 2023

New biomarker helps identify biological age

Once considered to be incompetent in encoding proteins due to their simple monotonous DNA repetitions, tiny telomeres at the tips of human chromosomes now appear to have a powerful biological function that could help better understand cancer and aging.

21 Feb 2023

Prolonged alcohol use and its detrimental effects on blood protein snapshot

Jon Jacobs, a biochemist, has examined the blood of people suffering from diseases including Ebola, cancer, TB, hepatitis, diabetes, Lyme disease, brain damage, and influenza.

10 Feb 2023

Easy-to-use method quantifies exosomal miRNAs

Most cancer diagnostic procedures, like endoscopies, biopsies, and mammograms, are stressful and invasive. Although blood samples may be a less unpleasant option, only a few forms of the disease can as of now be diagnosed this way.

2 Feb 2023

UNC research describes another layer to the challenge of HIV latency

When people living with HIV take antiviral therapy (ART), their viral loads are driven so low that a standard blood test cannot detect the virus.

1 Feb 2023

Massive clinical study on type 1 diabetes patients

A massive clinical study on an approved psoriasis drug is now underway. The drug will be tested on people who have just been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The drug, according to the theory, could preserve the patient’s remaining insulin production.

30 Jan 2023

Figuring out how immune cells prevent cognitive decline

Could Alzheimer’s disease and other types of cognitive decline be caused by the underproduction of immune cells that are poorly understood? It might, according to a Rutgers study published in Nature Immunology, and increasing these cells could undo the harm.

From Rutgers University 1 Dec 2022

Immunological mechanisms behind the development of alloantibodies

Hemophilia A is the most frequent severe variant of hemophilia. It nearly mostly affects men. The condition is frequently treatable, although not for all patients. A study at the University of Bonn has now highlighted a critical mechanism required for the therapy to be efficient.

28 Oct 2022

Blood Test News and Research

Direct-to-Consumer Blood Test for Assessing User’s Alzheimer’s Disease Risk

GEMINI Test Uses Genome-Wide Sequencing to Detect Cancer

PBD Biotech Secures US Patent for Actiphage TB Diagnostic Kit

Game-Changing Research Shows Astrocytes as Key Regulators of Alzheimer's Disease Progression

IgA Described as "Tuner" in Microbe Interaction Regulation

Study discovers the ability of certain blood immune cells to proliferate

Investigating the potential cellular effects of C-reactive protein

Pentamer shape of C-reactive protein can suppress the immune response in inflammatory disease

New biomarker helps identify biological age

Prolonged alcohol use and its detrimental effects on blood protein snapshot

Easy-to-use method quantifies exosomal miRNAs

UNC research describes another layer to the challenge of HIV latency

Massive clinical study on type 1 diabetes patients

Figuring out how immune cells prevent cognitive decline

Immunological mechanisms behind the development of alloantibodies

Simple blood test helps identify patients developing neurotoxic side effects

New type of chip could lead to earlier and more targeted treatment for cancer

Researchers identify new set of protein biomarkers for cancer using breast milk

Researchers identify a set of sporadic genetic mutations behind rare brain malformations

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The Exclusome, A New Mammalian "Containter"

Breaking Down the Onso System: PacBio's Genomic Advancement

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