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Image: Diagram of the Seq-Well low-cost platform for single-cell RNA sequencing (Photo courtesy of Shalek Lab).

Analysis of Nasal Polyps Suggests Mechanisms of Inflammation

Allergic inflammation can develop from persistent activation of type 2 immunity in the upper airway, resulting in chronic rhinosinusitis, which ranges in severity from rhinitis to severe nasal polyps. More...
04 Sep 2018
Image: A micrograph showing granulomatous inflammation of bladder neck tissue due to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) used to treat bladder cancer (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

New Test Predicts Potential Success of BCG Immunotherapy for Bladder Cancer

A laboratory test that measures the amount of IL2 secretion from CD4+ T cells after overnight in vitro incubation with tuberculin predicts the potential success of BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guérin) immunotherapy treatment for bladder cancer. More...
03 Sep 2018
Image: An illustration depicting a deep vein thrombosis (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Rapid Method Suggested for Diagnosis of DVT

A simple blood test has been proposed as an alternative to the fairly costly and time intensive ultrasound procedure for diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). More...
03 Sep 2018
Image: Multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood plasma (Photo courtesy of Medical News Today).

Multi-Omics Approach Guides Relapsed Multiple Myeloma Treatment

Many patients with relapsed multiple myeloma are not often matched with correct treatment options in a timely or personalized manner, and most patients have a median survival rate of six years. With standard diagnosis and treatment, relapses are usually inevitable and fatal for most patients. More...
30 Aug 2018
Image: The HiSeq X Five System enables ultra-high-throughput whole-genome sequencing at a cost and scale appropriate for large genome centers (Photo courtesy of Illumina).

Whole-Genome Sequencing Diagnoses Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE) is a rare epilepsy syndrome that causes intractable seizures with multiple seizure types and presents in the first months of life. While the prevalence of EIEE is unclear, and only affects a subset of all infants with seizures, infants with EIEE have serious medical complications. More...
30 Aug 2018
Image: Karyotyping of Trisomy 21 in a female: There is a full set of 23 homologous pairs of autosomes, but an extra chromosome 21 (Photo courtesy of Dr. Daniel Closa).

DNA Screening and Invasive Testing Show Similar Miscarriage Rates

Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) tests are increasingly being offered to women in the first trimester of pregnancies at a high risk of trisomy 21 to decrease the number of required invasive fetal karyotyping procedures and their associated miscarriages. More...
29 Aug 2018
Image: A photomicrograph of a myeloma colored with hematoxylin and eosin stain (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons).

Improved Myeloma Diagnosis Based on Blood Count Components

A team of British researchers has found which blood tests could be useful for suggesting or excluding a diagnosis of myeloma. More...
27 Aug 2018
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