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Image: A comparison of healthy bone and osteoporosis (Photo courtesy of PharmacyPedia).

Fracture Risk Predicted with New Genetic Screen

Low bone mineral density (BMD) is the major determinant for osteopenia and osteoporosis, which increase the chances of fragility fracture especially for elderly women. Low BMD is also a risk factor for bone fractures, especially stress fracture. More...
09 Aug 2018
Image: A diagram of the hypothesis for the onset mechanism of childhood steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (Photo courtesy of Kobe University).

Susceptible Genes Identified for Childhood Kidney Disease

Childhood nephrotic syndrome, also known as nephrosis, is an incurable disease with an unknown cause, characterized by large amounts of protein leaving the body in the patient's urine, and protein levels in the bloodstream becoming extremely low. More...
09 Aug 2018
Image: The HaloPlex system enables fast, simple and efficient analysis of genomic regions of interest in a large number of samples (Photo courtesy of Agilent Technologies).

Mutations Identified As Cause for Rare Bone Marrow Disorder

Scientists have helped solve a decades-old mystery about which mutations are responsible for an inherited bone marrow disorder. The answer may allow some children to avoid the risk and expense of bone marrow transplantation, a common treatment for leukemia and bone marrow disorders. More...
09 Aug 2018
Image: The High-Sensitivity Troponin I assay (TnIH) (Photo courtesy of Siemens Healthineers).

New Troponin Assays Receive US Marketing Clearance

Two high precision assays for the measurement of the cardiac marker troponin I (TnIH) have been certified for marketing in the United States. More...
08 Aug 2018

MicroRNA Panel Delivers Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis

A 19 microRNA panel established by using next-generation sequencing classifies indeterminate thyroid nodule samples as being either malignant or benign. More...
08 Aug 2018
Image: A histopathology of adenoid cystic/basal cell carcinoma of the prostate gland (Photo courtesy of Nephron).

Genetic Alterations Correlated to Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men, and while the disease is often indolent and treatable, some cases are aggressive. Distinguishing between the two could guide treatment decisions. More...
03 Aug 2018
Image: The Infinium Human Methylation 450K BeadChip: robust methylation profiling microarray with extensive coverage of CpG islands, genes, and enhancers; used for epigenome-wide association studies (Photo courtesy of Illumina).

DNA Methylation Linked to Depression in Middle-Aged and Elderly

More than 300 million people across the world suffer from depression, and while genetics contributes to depression risk, so do environmental factors such as adverse life events and stress, particularly among individuals who develop depression later in life. More...
03 Aug 2018
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