Immunology

Urine Biopsies Help Monitor Bladder Cancer Treatment
Despite the advances in cancer immunotherapy, only a fraction of patients with bladder cancer exhibit responses to checkpoint blockade, highlighting a need to better understand drug resistance and identify rational immunotherapy combinations. More...10 Oct 2018

Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Predicts Therapy Response
Despite months of aggressive treatment involving surgery and chemotherapy, about 85% of women with high-grade widespread ovarian cancer will have a recurrence of their disease. This leads to further treatment, but never to a cure. About 15% of patients, however, do not have a recurrence and most of those women remain disease free for years. More...01 Oct 2018


Biomarkers Correlated with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy
Patients with idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) typically present with muscle weakness, myalgia and in case of dermatomyositis (DM) also skin involvement. Arthralgia is often present, but the articular manifestations are usually mild and non-destructive. More...25 Sep 2018

Novel Biomarkers Predict CV Events in Type 2 Diabetes
Cardiovascular disease generally refers to conditions that involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack, chest pain (angina) or stroke. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction represents an increasing clinical challenge in the treatment of diabetes. More...20 Sep 2018

Tumor Markers Associated with H. Pylori Infection
Helicobacter pylori infection is a major cause of several cancers such as gastric, pancreatic and lung. The relationship between H. pylori and tumor markers continues to remain unclear. As one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally, cancer represents a major detrimental public health problem worldwide. More...19 Sep 2018

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Diagnostic Techniques Evaluated for Cystic Echinococcosis
Biomarker Identified for Novel Asthma Treatment
Urine Test Detects River Blindness Filarial Worm
Biomarker Low Predictive Power Validated for eGFR Decline
Inflammation Biomarkers Identified as Risk of Polyneuropathy
Analysis of Nasal Polyps Suggests Mechanisms of Inflammation
Methods Discriminate Dengue Severity during Acute Infection
Serum S-100β Elevated in Septic Shock Patients with Delirium
POC Blood Test Can Help Prevent Toxoplasmosis
Lateral-Flow Assay Rapidly Detects Plague Bacteria
Biomarkers Explored in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes
Biochemical Markers Predict Risk of Incident Diabetes
Biomarkers Linked to Fatigue in Parkinson’s Disease
Fifth-Generation Cardiac Troponin Assays Compared
Immunochromatographic Test Rapidly Diagnoses Parasitic Infection
Epigenetic Diagnostic Tool Detects Diseases in Newborns
Cancer Risk Assessed by Circulating Protein Biomarker Panel
IgM Antibodies Improve Risk Stratification for Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Melanoma Biomarkers Predict Checkpoint Blocker Response
Homogeneous BTK Occupancy Assay Developed
Urine and Blood Tests Better at Diagnosing Myeloma
Humoral Immunity Disorders Associated with Antibody Deficit
Blood Test Predicts Coronary Disease Death Risk
The Immunology channel of LabMedica deals with diagnostic techniques and immuonassays such as ELISA, pregnancy tests, immunoblotting, immunohistochemical staining, serology, and associated hardware.