Tag: Biomarker
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Centenarian blood tests provide hints about the secrets behind longevity
Centenarians, once considered rare, have become commonplace. They actually are fastest growing demographic group of the world’s population, with numbers roughly doubling every ten years since the 1970s. How long people can live, and what determines a long and healthy life, has been of interest for as long as we know. Plato and Aristotle discussed…
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Obesity in pregnant women is associated with changes in low-grade inflammation, metabolism and gut microbiota
The results of Noora Houtu’s doctoral research show that obesity during pregnancy intensifies these changes, which can have harmful effects on the mother’s health. In the early stages of pregnancy, obese mothers had elevated low-grade inflammation and markers of lipid metabolism compared to overweight mothers. The gut microbiota also changed in obese individuals compared to…
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Research reveals why some Covid patients still struggle to exercise
In a study just published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, a team of researchers from UC San Francisco found that long-term COVID patients often had lower-than-expected exercise capacity, with chronotropic incompetence (inadequate increase in heart rate during exercise) being the main reason. reason. Additionally, they found an association between reduced exercise capacity and early…
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Researchers map the immune system in the gut of children with inflammatory bowel disease
Solna [Sweden], May 10 (ANI): The immune system in the gut of children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been mapped by researchers from Karolinska Institutet and Sachs Children and Youth Hospital in Sweden. The findings, reported in Cell Reports Medicine, could be used to develop more tailored drugs. We currently know very little about…
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Study shows that sugar molecules in blood can predict Alzheimer’s disease
Washington [US], April 15 (ANI): Early identification and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease requires the use of reliable and cost-effective screening technology. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet discovered that the amount of tau, a protein that plays an important role in the development of severe dementia, is linked to a type of sugar molecule in the blood.…
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Sugar molecule in blood can predict Alzheimer’s disease: Study
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): Early detection and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease requires the use of reliable and cost-effective screening techniques. Researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet have revealed that the level of tau, a protein that plays a crucial role in the development of severe dementia, is associated with a type of sugar molecule in…
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New treatment may improve heart pump function in heart failure patients: Research
Solna [Sweden], March 14 (ANI): Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden discovered that the hunger hormone ghrelin can increase the pumping capacity of the heart in patients with heart failure in a clinical study. The findings were published in the European Heart Journal. Millions of people worldwide live with heart failure,…
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Cancer cells can change their size to survive drugs, research reveals
Researchers believe that smaller cells may be more vulnerable to DNA-damaging agents such as chemotherapy combined with targeted drugs, while larger cancer cells may respond better to immunotherapy. The study was published in the journal Science Advances. It combined innovative high-performance image analysis with the study of DNA and proteins to study the size control…
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Research reveals the origins of cancer-like conditions in children
Stockholm [Sweden], Dec 17 (ANI): The deadly cancer-like condition called Langerhans’ Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) mainly affects youngsters and in extreme circumstances can be fatal. In Sweden, the disease affects five to ten children annually, usually before the age of ten. Researchers from Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital have pointed to the causes of the…
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Dementia: WHO issues plan for research into seventh leading cause of death
Dementia is one of the biggest health challenges of our generation. “Although dementia is the seventh leading cause of death worldwide, dementia research accounts for less than 1.5 percent of all health research output,” said Dr. Soumya SwaminathanWHO chief scientist. “Unfortunately, we are lagging behind in implementing the Global Action Plan for Dementia Public Health…
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Significant EU funding for HUS’s Helsinki University Hospital-led research project on the long-term effects of COVID-19
The number of patients with long-term effects of COVID-19 infection is increasing worldwide. Therefore, it is important to identify and understand the mechanisms underlying persistent symptoms and use this better understanding to provide adequate care to patients. This is the aim of the Long Covid project led by HUS. The research material generated during the…
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Science Round-Up: Study reveals mysterious health benefits of eating Nordic fat
A Nordic diet consisting of berries, vegetables, fish, whole grains, dairy products and rapeseed oil has been shown to lower cholesterol and blood sugar levels, according to a study from the University of Copenhagen. Additional benefits include a reduced risk of becoming overweight, having cardiovascular disease and developing type 2 diabetes. Not just a weight…
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Researchers are creating a new test to quickly identify COVID-19 infection and its severity
The researchers developed a blood test that quickly detects whether someone has COVID-19 and predicts how severely the immune system will react to the infection. The study was published in PLOS One. The findings may one day lead to an effective tool to help physicians determine the best treatment plan for COVID-19 patients. There is…
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The study develops a rapid test to identify the efficacy of antibodies to Covid-19 variants
The study is published in the “Science Advances Journal”. This test could potentially tell physicians how protected the patient is from new variants and currently circulating variations in the community, or which monoclonal antibodies to treat a patient with COVID-19. “At the moment, we really don’t have a quick way to evaluate variants, neither their…
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Diabetes can be predicted 20 years before it starts
Researchers in Sweden claim that a single protein in the blood can predict the onset of type 2 diabetes almost 20 years in advance. The breakthrough potentially affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Diabetes is the world’s ninth leading cause of death and affects almost half a billion people worldwide, according to the World…
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Study identifies blood biomarkers that predict type 2 diabetes several years before diagnosis
Grove [Sweden], 12 November (ANI): A recent study led by the University of Sweden’s University has identified a protein in the blood that can predict type 2 diabetes up to nineteen years before the disease debuts. The results of the study were published in the journal Nature Communications. Type 2 diabetes is a growing global…
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The study identifies how COVID-19 was associated with cognitive impairment such as Alzheimer’s disease
Reports of neurological complications in COVID-19 patients and in ‘long-distance’ patients whose symptoms persist after the disappearance of infection are increasing, suggesting that SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) may have lasting effects on brain function. . . However, it is not yet fully understood how the virus leads to neurological problems. “While some studies…
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Wearable monitoring of COVID-19 biomarkers
Results from 37 people diagnosed with COVID-19 revealed evolutionary forms of these parameters at all stages of the disease, from initial diagnosis to hospitalization and final recovery at home. Systematic imaging studies show a correlation between cough, speaking and laughing time and intensity, and total droplet production as an approximate indicator of the likelihood of…
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Blood tests may soon be used to detect Alzheimer’s
In the autumn, researchers in Gothenburg expect that the health service will be able to perform tests in blood tests to see if there are signs of early Alzheimer’s. That’s what Henrik Zetterberg, professor of neurochemistry at the University of Gothenburg, says. – Then you can say that this piece of the puzzle, the blood…