Biomarkers of Kidney Disease
Two articles made the headlines this week that focused on biomarkers of kidney disease. The first was the announcement of a $1M grant awarded to an Au...
Blood test for Alzheimer’s on the Horizon
Leading researchers are a step closer to developing a blood test for Alzheimer's using a targeted proteomics approach enabled by Myriad RBM's Discover...
Cancer Biomarker Helps Predict Renal Cell Carcinoma Treatment Outcome
The use of biomarkers as prognostic and predictive indicators of treatment efficacy is an important application for clinical research. A new study of...
Blood-based Biomarker for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Discovered
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the Tufts School of Medicine have identified an inflammatory response that is associated with ALS. Using a m...
Urinary Biomarkers of Lupus Nephritis
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio State University, and Johns Hopkins have identified several biomarkers of early...
Vitamin B6 Metabolic Protein Predicts Response to Chemotherapy in Lung Cancer Patients
Pyridoxal kinase, an enzyme involved in the conversion of vitamin B6 to its bioactive form, has been identified as a biomarker for predicting disease...
Serum Antibody Identifies a Potassium Channel as an Immune Target in Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is a complex and chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that causes damage to the myelin sheath surrounding neu...