Sentences with phrase «finding disease markers»

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Household income has been shown to interact with child growth in Brazil.21 A US study of diarrhoeal disease found no interaction between breast feeding and household income.8 Household income, like social class, may not be a good marker of transmission risk.

A new study of 635 children in Massachusetts found that a bigger waist size at age 3 increases the odds that a child will have a marker for liver damage and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by age 8.

The findings also give a biological marker for the disease that could possibly lead to an earlier intervention before the disease manifests.

Although tau imaging is still in its earliest stages, Ryan hopes that such imaging will accelerate drug development and that finding a blood - based biomarker for Alzheimer's to reveal risk (much like cholesterol serves as a marker for cardiovascular risk) will change the field dramatically in terms of how doctors can diagnose the disease.

The method was confirmed in August, when University of Pennsylvania scientists found the markers in 90 percent of cognitively impaired patients with the disease.

These discoveries build upon previous findings about genes linked to Alzheimer's, such as the APOE - 4 gene, which is a powerful marker for late - onset Alzheimer's disease; about 40 percent of those diagnosed have this DNA variant.

A: Genetic markers are found all the time that come from comparing people with a disease to those without the disease, but until you figure out what the gene does, it is not useful information.

«Our findings show that a specific genetic marker (known as allele * 2 of the HS1, 2 A enhancer region) influences not just disease activity in RA patients, but also response to therapy in the early stages of their disease,» said lead investigator Dr Gabriele Di Sante of the Institute of Rheumatology and Related Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.

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.

Epigenetic markers could be found that diagnose a disease before symptoms appear, and «we could come up with therapies that would keep it from developing,» he says.

The study also found distinct blood pressure patterns from ages 18 to 55 that reveal people at high risk for calcification of coronary arteries — a marker for heart disease — by middle age.

They found that methylation levels correlated with Alzheimer's disease in 71 of 415,848 CpG markers analyzed (these are a pair of DNA building blocks consisting of a cytosine and a guanine nucleotide that are located next to each other).

These 71 markers were found in the ANK1 and RHBDF2 genes, as well as ABCA7 and BIN1 which harbor known Alzheimer's disease susceptibility variants.

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.

Nevertheless, the authors say «these results further add to the evidence that migraine should be considered an important risk marker for cardiovascular disease, at least in women,» and there is no reason why the findings can't be applicable to men.

So far, the team has found links between certain gut - specific genetic markers and obesity and other diseases.

Next steps for the team include identifying microbiota metabolites whose levels are either significantly elevated or depleted during diseases such as IBD or cancer, to find disease - specific markers and explore possible roles for these metabolites in disease progression.

«We believe that HO - 1 is a very early marker of metabolic disease,» says Esterbauer, whose team reports its findings today in Cell.

These findings also suggest that other microRNAs may also be important markers of severity for other neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

An association between inflammation biomarkers in both blood plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and markers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) associated pathology, has been found by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus working with the University of Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and the University of California San Francisco Memory and Aging disease (AD) associated pathology, has been found by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus working with the University of Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and the University of California San Francisco Memory and Aging Disease Research Center and the University of California San Francisco Memory and Aging Center.

Early 1980s — Scientists find the DNA marker for Huntington's disease.

Still, many scientists have hoped that once they found all the genetic markers for a disease, including rare ones that confer higher risk, the total risk carried by some individuals would be high enough — say, two times the normal risk — to merit taking preventive measures.

These findings also suggest that other microRNAs may also be important markers of severity for other neurological diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

Similarly, disease - specific fluorescence markers are finding their way back into basic research in high content screening applications.

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.

Therefore, in the new study, Saunders and her coinvestigators set out to see if immune system factors were different in women and men with bipolar disorder, with the eventual goal of finding reliable markers for the disease.

Because there has been no biological marker found until now, many patients are dismissed by health care providers and family members as having depression or another psychological disease.

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.

Markers of Alzheimer's disease were found in the brains of dead dolphins that had washed ashore.

Three recent experimental studies focused on low consumption / exposure.949596 In one study, 29 smokers each consumed a single cigarette, immediately after which they had a significant decrease in blood vessel output power and significant increase in blood vessel ageing level and remaining blood volume 25 minutes later, as markers of atherosclerosis.94 In another study, human coronary artery endothelial cells were exposed to the smoke equivalent to one cigarette, which led to activation of oxidant stress sensing transcription factor NFR2 and up - regulation of cytochrome p450, considered to have a role in the development of heart disease.95 These effects were not seen when heart cells were exposed to the vapour from one e - cigarette.95 A study exposed adult mice to low intensity tobacco smoke (two cigarettes) for one to two months and found adverse histopathological effects on brain cells.96

One study of Belgian workers found that those who reported feeling they had little control of their work life had increased levels of markers of inflammation such as C - reactive protein and fibrinogen, which are linked to heart disease.

«Finding this association with a strong marker of Alzheimer's disease risk reinforces the idea that being underweight as you get older may not be a good thing when it comes to your brain health,» he added.

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.

A 2012 trial found that MS patients who participated in a stress - management program had a reduced number of inflammatory lesions — a marker of disease activity — on their MRI scans.

A longitudinal study of over 500 participants found that dietary phylloquinone (K1) intake was associated with an improvement of cytokines and other markers related to insulin resistance and diabetes.2 This finding further supports the use of vitamin K supplementation in the treatment of other chronic disease states.

Surprisingly, the researchers did not find increased levels of Alzheimer's markers when they looked specifically at people with obstructive sleep apnea, a breathing disorder that's a major disruptor of sleep and a risk factor for several other chronic diseases.

From that spinal fluid, the researchers found that people who reported poor sleep quality had, on average, more markers of Alzheimer's disease — including amyloid and tau buildups, brain - cell damage, and inflammation.

The researchers found that all four were effective in improving various markers of cardiovascular disease risk in people with diabetes, «and could have a wider role in the management of diabetes.»

The most common antibodies found in Graves» disease are TSH receptor antibodies, including thyroid - stimulating immunoglobulin (TSI)-- this marker is elevated in > 90 % of people with Graves» disease.

It found a strong link between higher levels of chronic inflammation (as measured by blood levels of an inflammatory marker) and a decreased likelihood of «successful aging,» defined as optimal physical and cognitive health and the absence of chronic diseases.

OCPs have been found to increase levels of LDL, Triglyceride, and C - reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation and heart disease.

The findings on how sea salt helps heart disease markers

In one study in 2010, researchers studied the effects of consumption of a sheep's milk pecorino cheese on atherosclerotic biomarkers (indicating risk for heart disease), and found that the dairy fat in this cheese improved the subjects markers!

Some studies also found that it helped reduce markers of oxidative stress and inflammation, related to the development of cardiovascular disease 4, 19, 20.

An elevation of lysozyme or calprotectin (biomarkers of inflammation, some labs may use one or the other marker) is an indication of intestinal inflammation, and it may be an indication of inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease), but may be found in celiac patients as well.

A new study conducted at Northwestern University found that the infant daughters of women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) show markers of the disease.

Scientists have also found that many diseases have a genetic basis, and have found genetic markers for them.

Research is being conducted to find a genetic marker for the disease so that in the future, a blood test can diagnose carriers.

Genetic markers have been found for approximately 15 different breed - specific diseases, including PRA, Von Willebrand's Disease, and copper toxicosis.

Hopefully, as breeders take advantage of the MRI procedure for their breeding stock, we may be able to have a better grasp of the disease; however, in talking with respected breeders the world over, we have found that most believe that we will not eradicate the disease until we find a gene marker.