Sentences with phrase «biological markers of the disease»
Publishing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the scientists report that the upregulation of the PGC - 1α gene brought about reduced biological markers of the disease and improved function in the mice.
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Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have identified several new biological markers to measure the progression of the inherited neurodegenerative disorder Huntington's disease (HD).
«This opens a new door in identifying biological markers for dementia since we might consider using the brain's processing of speech sounds as a new way to detect the disease earlier,» says Dr. Claude Alain, the study's senior author and senior scientist at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute (RRI) and professor at the University of Toronto's psychology department.
In the study, the children that developed severe disabilities or died from TBM had the highest levels of these biological markers, and the levels increased over time, suggesting that this information could be used to help predict disease outcome.
In this regard, intense research efforts are being channelled into finding new biological markers that can provide information about the different stages of the disease and allow its early detection, and thus facilitate its management.
«We've got a marker for biological aging — telomere length — so we're studying whether we can relate it to the increased risk of getting some of these age - associated diseases.
Researchers have identified two new biological markers of cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disease which affects children and young adults, leaving them with lifelong health complications including digestive problems and persistent lung infections.
«There are few good biological markers for this disease and miRNA could help unravel many of its complexities.»
Non-overweight individuals in their late 60s, 70s, and early 80s who have no outward symptoms of Alzheimer's are more likely than their heavier peers to have biological markers (or biomarkers) of the disease, the study found.
But the new research looked beyond amyloid and tau levels, for other biological markers of Alzheimer's disease in seemingly healthy adults.
The net effect of this human study was a dramatic reduction in biological markers associated with cardiovascular disease.
Telomere length is arguably the best marker of biological age, and shorter mean telomere length, usually measured in your white blood cells, is associated with increased risk of heart disease, obesity, cancer, stroke, dementia, and premature death (2).