Kisspeptins circulating in the blood increase dramatically during normal human pregnancy, to several thousand times non-pregnancy levels, which makes them a novel predictive marker for assessing the risk of later complications. (sciencedaily.com)
It was interesting to note that no predictors of internalising disorders were clearly identified in this study, and predictive markers tended to be earlier externalising behaviours. (ebmh.bmj.com)
Raúl Méndez, ICREA researcher at IRB Barcelona and co-leader of the study, explains that «knowledge of the hepatic function of CPEB4 could be useful as a predictive marker for those people with variants of this protein, thus serving to prevent this condition, for example, through improvements in diet and better choice of eating times. (sciencedaily.com)