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Image: A histology of the small intestinal mucosa; the normal is on the left. The mucosa involved by celiac disease (sprue) at the right has blunting and flattening of villi (Photo courtesy of the CDC).

Celiac Disease Triggered by Intestinal Viruses

Digestive problems, severe inflammation of the small intestine and nutritional deficiencies leading to anemia and osteoporosis force patients of the autoimmune condition celiac disease to follow a strict gluten-free diet for life. More...
14 Jul 2016
Image: The LightCycler 480 real-time PCR system (Photo courtesy of Roche).

Circulating MicroRNAs Predict Future Fatal Myocardial Infarction

Coronary heart disease is the most common cause of death, and the number of individuals at risk is increasing and to better manage this pandemic, improved tool for risk prediction, including more accurate biomarkers are needed. More...
13 Jul 2016
Image: Researchers have devised a new high-resolution method for studying which genes are active in a tissue. The method can be used on all types of tissue and is valuable to both preclinical research and cancer diagnostics (Photo courtesy of the Karolinska Institutet / the Royal Institute of Technology).

Spatial Transcriptomics Technique Enables Visualization of Gene Expression in Tissues

A team of Swedish researchers has developed a high-resolution method for resolving the transcriptome – the library of active genes and RNAs – in histological samples of patients' tissues. More...
12 Jul 2016
Image: The miScript primer assays and PCR kits (Photo courtesy of Qiagen).

MicroRNAs Predict Disease Progression in Brain Tumors

A new method has been developed of predicting disease progression in glioblastoma patients who have undergone standard treatment and multimodal therapy of glioblastoma (GBM) reveals inter-individual variability in terms of treatment outcome. More...
07 Jul 2016
Image: The automated cobas 4800 platform system (Photo courtesy of Roche).

Automated Extraction of FFPE Tissue for High-Risk HPV Testing

The testing for high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas is important for both prognostication and clinical management. Several testing platforms are available for HR-HPV; however, effective alternative automated approaches are needed. More...
07 Jul 2016
Image: A photomicrograph of auramine-rhodamine stained Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Photo courtesy of Dr. T.V. Rao, MD).

Lung Pathogens Detected Faster by Molecular-Based Method

The genus Mycobacterium is separated into the pathogenic species Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTB), Mycobacterium leprae, and Mycobacterium ulcerans, and various nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). More...
07 Jul 2016
Image: An adult Opisthorchis viverrini or Southeast Asian liver fluke stained with carmine (Photo courtesy of the CDC).

Unsuspected Bacterial Link to Bile Duct Cancer Discovered

Bacteria in the bile duct have been identified as a potential risk factor in the development of bile duct cancer, or Cholangiocarcinoma, a rare but aggressive form of cancer with symptoms that do not present themselves at the early stages. More...
06 Jul 2016
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