News tagged with serum
NIST quantifies low levels of 'heart attack risk' protein
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Searching for a needle in a haystack may seem futile, but it's worth it if the needle is a hard-to-detect protein that may identify a person at high risk of a heart attack circulating within a haystack of ...
How does emodin protect rat liver from fibrogenesis?
Oct 23, 2009 |
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In the last decade, advances in the understanding of genes promoting hepatic stellate cell (HSC) activation are impressive. However, there are few breakthroughs in therapeutic intervention of hepatic fibrogenesis. Efficient ...
Circulating Mesothelin Serves as a Marker of Pancreatic Cancer
Oct 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have expanded on previous studies, and there may be a new weapon in the arsenal for immune-based strategies in treating pancreatic cancer - mesothelin protein. Findings also showed that circulating ...
Increased levels of Muellerian-inhibiting substance could mean greater breast cancer risk
Oct 09, 2009 |
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Women with increased levels of Müllerian inhibiting substance (MIS), best known for regulating in utero sexual differentiation in boys, may be at a greater risk for breast cancer, according to a new study published online ...
World-first swine-flu vaccine trial reveals one dose provides 'strong immune response'
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Results from the first swine-flu vaccine trials taking place in Leicester reveal a strong immune response after just one dose.
Researchers Study Factors that Regulate Vaccination Efficiency
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Using vaccination to induce a robust immune response has been an effective strategy for managing infectious diseases in humans and animals for more than a century. Now, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...
High serum insulin levels and risk of prostate cancer
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Elevated insulin levels in the normal range appear to be associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, according to a new study published online August 21 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
New lab test helps predict kidney damage
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication in patients in intensive care. A new laboratory test called urine neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL) helps predict if patients will develop acute kidney ...
First nanoscale mass spectrometer created
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Using devices millionths of a meter in size, physicists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a technique to determine the mass of a single molecule, in real time.
Study examines liver transplantation after drug induced acute liver failure
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Liver transplantation offers a good chance for survival for patients with drug induced acute liver failure, however, certain pre-transplant factors are associated with worse outcomes. Patients who are on life support, who ...
Middle-aged women experience more stress but have lower blood pressure
Jun 05, 2009 |
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Both blood pressure and serum lipid levels have improved in Swedish middle-aged women during the past 30 years. Levels of perceived mental stress, however, have increased significantly. These are the of a thesis presented ...
Vitamin D insufficiency linked to bacterial vaginosis in pregnant women
May 14, 2009 |
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Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common vaginal infection in US women of childbearing age, and is common in pregnant women. BV occurs when the normal balance of bacteria in the vagina is disrupted and replaced by an overgrowth ...
Hyperferritinemia is another surrogate marker of advanced liver disease
May 13, 2009 |
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High serum ferritin, being a hallmark of hereditary hemochromatosis , is frequently found in chronic hepatitis C, alcoholic or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients . A study in Italy ...
Study finds iron levels not predictive of survival for form of blood cancer
May 11, 2009 |
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Iron chelating drugs have been heavily promoted for use in patients with primary myelofibrosis (PMF), a form of blood cancer often treated with blood transfusion. These drugs, however, which withhold available iron in the ...
Protein effects of hormone replacement therapy uncovered
Apr 29, 2009 |
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An in-depth proteomic analysis of the sera of 50 participants from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) hormone replacement therapy trial provides some explanations for the trial's clinical results. The study, published in ...
