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Novel gold nanoparticle technology could guide cancer treatment in real-time

A new blood test using gold nanoparticles could soon give oncologists an early and more accurate prognosis of how cancer treatment is progressing and help guide the on-going therapy of patients.

20 Apr 2018

Innovative device shows promise in capturing and releasing circulating tumor cells

For years, bioengineer Yaling Liu has been in pursuit of the deadly tumor cell. Liu has been perfecting a microfluidic device the size of two quarters that has the ability to catch and release circulating tumor cells (CTCs)--cancer cells that circulate in a cancer patient's blood.

19 Apr 2018

Researchers evaluate accuracy of simple blood test to predict lung cancer

Every year, health care providers in the United States discover more than 1.6 million lung nodules in patients.

18 Apr 2018

Novel biomarker can distinguish between benign and malignant lung nodules

Researchers report a newly developed biomarker was 98% effective at distinguishing between benign and malignant lung nodules in a recent multicentre clinical trial.

18 Apr 2018

Miniature injectable biosensor could offer continuous, long-term alcohol monitoring

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a miniature, ultra-low power injectable biosensor that could be used for continuous, long-term alcohol monitoring.

11 Apr 2018

New blood test may predict future heart disease risk

Despite heart disease and type 2 diabetes being among the leading causes of death in the U.S., the mechanisms leading to and linking these two diseases remain incompletely understood.

10 Apr 2018

Smartphone 'scores' can reliably reflect symptom severity in Parkinson's patients

Parkinson's disease, a progressive brain disorder, is often tough to treat effectively because symptoms, such as tremors and walking difficulties, can vary dramatically over a period of days, or even hours.

6 Apr 2018

New blood test can detect early indicators of Alzheimer's disease

There is, as yet, no cure for Alzheimer's disease. It is often argued that progress in drug research has been hampered by the fact that the disease can only be diagnosed when it is too late for an effective intervention.

6 Apr 2018

New blood test accurately predicts development of TB two years before onset

A new blood test has been found to more accurately predict the development of tuberculosis up to two years before its onset in people living with someone with active TB, according to research published online in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, an American Thoracic Society journal.

6 Apr 2018

Vitamin D blood test may have potential to rapidly diagnose bipolar disorder in children

A blood test may have the potential to speed accurate diagnosis - and proper treatment - of bipolar disorder in children, new research suggests.

5 Apr 2018

Researchers working to develop new system for early prostate cancer diagnosis

Researchers of the Universitat Politècnica de València and the Universidad de Granada, together with doctors from the Hospital Clínic Universitari de València are working on the development of a new system to help diagnose prostate cancer. The work being developed is part of the SICAP project.

3 Apr 2018

Gut microbiome could be accurate predictor of hospitalizations for patients with cirrhosis

The gut microbiome -- a collection of bacteria and other microbes in the gut -- could be a highly accurate predictor of hospitalizations for patients with cirrhosis, according to a recently published study led by a researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University.

30 Mar 2018

Genomic test effective for detecting Lynch syndrome in CRC patients

A single, upfront genomic test is more effective for detecting Lynch syndrome in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients than the traditional multiple, sequential testing approach, according to new clinical data reported by The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute.

29 Mar 2018

Without context or cushion, Do online medical results make sense?

As she herded her two young sons into bed one evening late last December, Laura Devitt flipped through her phone to check on the routine blood tests that had been performed as part of her annual physical. She logged onto the patient portal link on her electronic medical record, scanned the results and felt her stomach clench with fear.

27 Mar 2018

Study finds low hepatitis C virus screening rates among baby boomers

Despite the steady increase of liver cancer incidence in the United States in recent decades, data from 2015 indicates that less than 13 percent of individuals born between 1945 and 1965 are estimated to have undergone screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV).

27 Mar 2018

Glycan biomarker enhances screening for breast cancer patients

People diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer have a five-year survival rate of more than 93 per cent.

26 Mar 2018

Reporter’s notebook: The tale of Theranos and the mysterious fire alarm

It was November 2014, and I was working on a feature story about a buzzed-about blood-testing company in Silicon Valley that promised to "disrupt" the lab industry with new technology.

21 Mar 2018

New blood test promises to eliminate guesswork in heart attack diagnosis

A new blood test developed by a University of Alberta physician promises to eliminate the guesswork clinicians face with an apparent heart attack.

15 Mar 2018

Streamlined workflow could pave way for simple blood test to study cancer heterogeneity in liquid biopsy

Scientists reported the development of a robust and streamlined procedure for whole-genome copy number profiling of circulating tumor cells from a simple blood test.

13 Mar 2018

Blood-thinning drug mitigates risk of complications, death after non-cardiac surgery

Researchers in Hamilton have discovered that a blood-thinning drug, dabigatran, significantly reduces the risk of death, heart attack, stroke, and other heart or blood-vessel complications in patients who have a heart injury following major, non-cardiac surgery.

12 Mar 2018