Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Coinciding with its presentation at the European Society of Cardiology Congress, a study published in JAMA reports that elderly men and women whose blood contained higher levels of the protein biomarker cathepsin S had an increased risk of death. The analysis was conducted on two separate study groups. As ...
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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Pronota NV announced that it has entered into an agreement with Molecuence Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, to discover and validate protein biomarkers in stroke. Pronota will apply its proven proprietary platforms for protein biomarker discovery (MASStermind®) and biomarker verification (MASSterclass™) to this project. The ...
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Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
Older adults without dementia and with lower levels in plasma of the biomarkers beta-amyloid 42/40 (protein fragments) had an increased rate of cognitive decline over a period of 9 years, according to a study in the January 19 issue of JAMA. The researchers also found that this relationship was stronger ...
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Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
Preliminary research suggests that use of a type of molecular imaging procedure may have the ability to detect the presence of beta-amyloid in the brains of individuals during life, a biomarker that is identified during autopsy to confirm a diagnosis of Alzheimer disease, according to a study in the January ...
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Approximately 5 - 30% of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) develop post traumatic epilepsy (PTE). The onset of seizures in patients who are susceptible to PTE can range from weeks or months to more than a decade after TBI. In a presentation today at the 64th American Epilepsy Society ...
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