biomarkers

(American Association for Cancer Research) Scientists at Yale University have identified a set of plasma biomarkers that could reasonably predict the risk of metastasis among patients with melanoma, according to findings published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

(Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore) An investment of S$3 million ($2.2 million) is being pumped into tuberculosis research by A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network, bioindustrial group Institut Merieux and its in vitro diagnostics company bioMerieux.

The project, which involves setting up a joint laboratory in Biopolis, Singapore aims to investigate and identify novel biomarkers that could allow early identification of individuals at risk of TB disease development and disease reactivation.

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Professor Israel Gannot of Tel Aviv University is developing a new way to destroy tumors with fewer side effects and minimal damage to surrounding tissue.

His innovative method uses heat to kill the tumor cells but leaves surrounding healthy tissue intact. Using specific biomarkers attached to individual tumors, Professor Gannot's mixture of nano-particles and antibodies locates and binds to the tumor itself.

(University of California - San Francisco) Cancer researchers studying the immune system have identified a previously unrecognized set of targets and biomarkers to battle solid tumors.

(King's College London) Persistent inflammation and the activation of the immune system is the key pathological mechanism affecting many long-term conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, and others.

A group of London-based researchers hope that they will be able to identify biomarkers in the tissue and blood, which in future could be used to diagnose these conditions, to predict how they will develop and how an individual will respond to treatment.

WHEELING, W.Va. (MedPage Today) -- Biomarkers in urine may reliably identify children with appendicitis, researchers said.