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Image: Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) highlights the particle envelope of a single, spherical-shaped Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) virion (Photo courtesy of US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases).

Serological Assays Compared for MERS-Coronavirus Infection

Middle East respiratory syndrome poses a major threat to global public health and validated serological assays are important for diagnosis and for seroepidemiology to define prevalence and risk factors.   More...
28 Oct 2015
Image: Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan of a hip for bone density measurement (Photo courtesy of Dr. Anthony Morrow).

Cytokine Serum Levels Increased in Osteoporosis

Interleukin 31 is a proinflammatory cytokine mediating multiple immune functions, whose involvement in a wide range of diseases, such as atopic dermatitis, inflammatory bowel diseases and cutaneous lymphomas.   More...
28 Oct 2015
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Biomarkers Predict HIV Return When Treatment Stopped

Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency virus 1 infection with antiretroviral therapy in the weeks following transmission may induce a state of “post-treatment control” in some patients, in whom viremia remains undetectable when ART is stopped.  More...
26 Oct 2015
Image: Histopathology of pancreatic cancer showing a main-duct type intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) with a focus of high-grade dysplasia compatible with malignant IPMN with carcinoma-in-situ (Photo courtesy of National Cancer Center. Singapore).

Noninvasive Blood Test Detects Pancreatic Cancer Biomarkers

For the prognosis of patients with pancreatic cancer, new biomarkers are required for earlier, pre-symptomatic diagnosis and as epigenetic mutations take place at the earliest stages of tumorigenesis and they offer new approaches for detecting and diagnosing disease.  More...
25 Oct 2015
Image: A dry fracture of a Vero cell exposing the contents of a vacuole where Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever, are rapidly growing (Photo courtesy of National Institutes of Health).

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Linked to Q Fever Bacterium

The incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, associated with significant mortality, is increasing in many regions, making it a global health challenge for the coming years.  More...
25 Oct 2015
Image: Histopathology of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (Photo courtesy of Dr. Mark R. Wick).

Screening Test Predicts Treatment Response in Metastatic Kidney Cancer

Expression levels of a key protein involved in tumor cell survival appear to predict response to standard first-line therapy in patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma.  More...
18 Oct 2015
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Cell Marker Enables Pathogenic Infection Prognosis

When a pathogen invades the body, specific cells in the human immune system are ready to take immediate action in order to destroy it, but the molecular characteristics of these killer cells were unknown until recently.   More...
14 Oct 2015
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The Immunology channel of LabMedica deals with diagnostic techniques and immuonassays such as ELISA, pregnancy tests, immunoblotting, immunohistochemical staining, serology, and associated hardware.
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