Sentences with phrase «potential early marker»

Strikingly, the same signature was discovered in the blood of women without a BRCA1 mutation but who went on to develop breast cancer, making it a potential early marker of women's cancer in the general population.

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Indeed, Cuomo started laying down markers for a potential 2020 bid earlier this year, and has only increased his orientation toward national issues in recent months.

In early 2000 they decided to fund a project to develop methods to first prioritise those species at greatest risk, and then to identify those where DNA markers (characterised differences in DNA used for identity) were not currently available, but could be of potential use in enforcement cases.

If parasitic infestation occurs sufficiently early in development, it can produce minor deviations from symmetry — hence the adaptive advantage of using asymmetry as a marker to avoid potential mates with poor health, weak genes or a challenged immune system.

«If a person's urine or blood has THS chemicals and biomarkers of liver damage, one can imagine identifying a number of these markers that can be arranged on, say, a strip or a chip which could be used in the physician's office to indicate liver damage allowing for early diagnosis and potential treatment,» Martins - Green said.

The group has found that a broad range of potential physical, chemical and biological markers characterise the Anthropocene, the clearest global markers being radionuclide fallout signals from nuclear testing and changes in carbon chemistry through fossil fuel burning — these in particular show marked changes starting in the early to mid-1950s.

RPB - supported researchers have discovered a biological marker for wet age - related macular degeneration (AMD) that shows strong potential as a means for both early detection and preventive treatment.

It's potential as a biomarker of disease and an early objective marker of treatment response is genuine but still to be realized.Resting - state functional magnetic resonance imaging has made some strides in the clinical realm but significant advances are required before it can be used in a meaningful way at the single - patient level.

The potential for good programs to provide an economic benefit is sensible, given evidence showing the link between early SEL skills and costly long - term outcomes in domains of crime, education, employment, and other markers of well - being (Jones et al., 2015).

In this regard, peer group behaviours can serve as potential «marker variables» (i.e., early warning signs) of internalizing problems.

The potential for good programs to provide an economic benefit is sensible, given evidence showing the link between early SEL skills and costly long - term outcomes in domains of crime, education, employment, and other markers of well - being (Jones et al., 2015).