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Image: The Beckman AU5800 automatic analyzer (Photo courtesy of Beckman Coulter)

ALT/AST Ratio Is an Independent Risk Factor for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as a state of impaired glucose tolerance first being discovered during pregnancy. GDM increases the risk of pregnancy complications and adverse perinatal outcomes, such as pregnancy-induced hypertension, preeclampsia, abortion, premature delivery, premature ruptures of membranes, and large for gestational age infants. More...
02 Feb 2022
Image: The Proprium Fibro-CHI Diagnostic ELISA Kit for the quantification of Chitinase 3-Like 1 (CHI3L1) in serum and plasma (Photo courtesy of Proprium Biotech Company Limited)

Diagnostic Value of Serum CHI3L1 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Explored

Primary liver cancer is the sixth diagnosed cancer and the fourth cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the major pathological category and comprises a 75%–85% incidence of primary liver cancer cases. More...
02 Feb 2022
Image: Proteomic Noninvasive Biomarkers Discovered Associated with Sport-Related Concussions (Photo courtesy of The Lancet)

Proteomic Noninvasive Biomarkers Associated with Sport-Related Concussions

Sport-related concussions affect millions of individuals across the USA each year, and current techniques to diagnose and monitor them rely largely on subjective measures. Concussion can be frustratingly hard to diagnose and track. More...
26 Jan 2022
Image: The Homeostasis Model Assessment (HOMA) may have utility as a single-time-point measurement to stratify risk of type 1 diabetes development in autoantibody-positive individuals (Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock)

HOMA2-B Assessed for Type 1 Diabetes Risk

Methods to identify individuals at highest risk for type 1 diabetes are essential for the successful implementation of disease-modifying interventions. Simple metabolic measures are needed to help stratify autoantibody-positive (Aab+) individuals who are at risk of developing type 1 diabetes. More...
26 Jan 2022
Image: The SENTIFIT-FOB Gold test is a latex agglutination immunoturbidimetric assay for quantitation of hemoglobin in feces (Photo courtesy of Sentinel Diagnostics)

Fecal Immunochemical Test for Hemoglobin Evaluated on Automated System

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in men and women and has the second most mortality rate worldwide. Most of the new CRC cases are found in patients presenting with symptoms in primary health care, such as changes in bowel habit and red blood in the feces. More...
25 Jan 2022
Image: The D-3-Hydroxybutyrate (Ranbut) assay is a superior marker of ketoacidosis (Photo courtesy of Randox)

Biochemical Parameters Compared for Diabetic Ketoacidosis Severity

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a life-threatening acute complication of diabetes mellitus characterized by hyperglycemia and ketoacidosis. It can occur in both type 1 diabetes (T1DM) and type 2 (T2DM) diabetes patients under stress conditions. More...
19 Jan 2022
Image: The Water’s Xevo triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry (TQ-S MS/MS) system (Photo courtesy of Duke University)

Low Serotonin Levels Associated with Higher Nigral Iron in Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized clinically by bradykinesia, rigidity, and/or tremor and pathologically by dopaminergic neuron loss in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) and the presence of ⍺-synuclein-containing inclusions in cell bodies or neurites (Lewy pathology). More...
17 Jan 2022
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