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Urine biomarkers can outperform serum biomarkers in certain diseases

Nov. 28, 2023
The team acknowledges the challenges in realizing this potential, particularly the standardization of urinary biomarker assays and the expansion of the spectrum of diseases that...
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Study identifies biomarker for allergic reaction in kidneys

July 7, 2023
Study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine in collaboration with Yale School of Medicine.
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Natriuretic peptides in heart failure

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Blood-based biomarkers challenge the standard approach for evaluation of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in acute care settings

There are approximately 69 million traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in the world every year.1 It is the leading cause of death and long-term disability among all trauma related ...
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Study finds certain substances in urine, blood can predict kidney disease progression

April 5, 2023
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers identify biomarkers to predict chronic kidney disease risk in hospitalized patients with acute kidney injury.
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Researchers identify biomarker for diagnosing vascular dementia

Feb. 23, 2023
Signaling in the bloodstream could make it easier for doctors to distinguish between most common sources of dementia.
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Owlstone Medical publishes data on the use of exhaled volatile organic compounds as biomarkers for liver disease detection

Feb. 7, 2023
Study published in Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology demonstrates alterations in breath VOCs can be used to differentially identify liver disease on breath.
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New biomarker strategy devised to screen for, diagnose deadly heart complication from cancer treatment

Dec. 21, 2022
Myocarditis related to immune checkpoint inhibitors always co-occurs with damage to skeletal muscle, the study finds.
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Diagnostic marker found for deadly brain disease marked by dementia, movement problems

Nov. 28, 2022
Discovery could accelerate progress toward therapies for primary tauopathies.
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OncoHost to present proteomics-based biomarker model for clinical benefit to immunotherapy in NSCLC patients at SITC 2022

Nov. 11, 2022
Unique model combining machine learning and proteomics predicts clinical benefit at twelve months based on one pre-treatment blood test.