Sentences with phrase «diagnostic markers of the disease»
While we still do not know just how Alzheimer's progresses or what role the fibrils play, they are always found in Alzheimer's - ridden brains and are considered diagnostic markers of the disease.
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The company wanted to use it as a diagnostic marker for disease: If synthetic versions of antibodies could be tagged with aequorin in the lab, then whenever they matched up with an antigen (or surface protein) of a specific pathogen in blood or tissue, the sample would glow.
The goal is to identify new disease diagnostic markers and develop new therapies, according to the company's head of R&D in China, Andreas Tschirky, and chief scientific officer Li Chen.
A detailed understanding of how TSPO binds to such markers opens up novel paths for diagnostic imaging and could constitute an important step along the way to early detection of such diseases and inflammations.
Monitoring the levels of GARP on B cells may provide a very useful diagnostic marker for autoimmune disease.
A type of antifungal antibody, called ASCA, is widely used as a diagnostic marker since it is highly elevated in the blood of patients with several chronic diseases including Crohn's.
At present, the most common, sporadic form of Alzheimer's disease is difficult to diagnose until symptoms are readily apparent and significant damage to the brain has occurred; findings from this study may provide clues to suitable diagnostic markers.
Gata5 a potential diagnostic marker for congenital heart disease The finding also suggests that gata5 could be a potential new diagnostic marker for congenital heart defects, as the researchers demonstrated that gata5 regulates the expression of a gene known as nkx2.5 which, when mutated in humans, causes human congenital heart defects and disease.
The lack of specific markers of disease and the fact that the CFS diagnosis is controversial imply that the level of diagnostic accuracy and adherence to international criteria are likely to be variable.
As markers flanking and successively closer to the disease gene are identified, the accuracy of a diagnostic linkage test is improved, but even relatively distant markers give some predictive information.
Various types of linkage tests have been most successful for identifying genetic markers located close enough to disease genes to be useful in diagnostic tests.