Sentences with phrase «studied as a diagnostic tool»

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«While preliminary, the data suggests the probe could be used not only as a diagnostic tool but also as a therapeutic,» said Kirsten L. Viola, a co-first author of the study and a research manager in Klein's laboratory.

As a follow up to the current study, Wong said the research team continues to study and advance development of the diagnostic tool to facilitate its routine use in critical care in children, and to see if it works in adults.

They were able to validate the tool's diagnostic capabilities in that study, but decided additional research and development were needed to verify the tool works as expected in a wide range of children.

Professor Haase also studies the relevance of genetic polymorphisms of DNA - repair and detoxification genes for AML and MDS, the relevance of iron overload for stem cell functions in MDS, and the establishment of FISH analysis of CD34 + cells from the peripheral blood as a diagnostic tool for screening and monitoring in patients with MDS.

In the first study of its kind, Dr. Alhilali and colleagues assessed the performance of Shannon entropy as a diagnostic tool in concussion patients with and without post-traumatic migraines.

While both studies are bad news for many women, Horvath suggests that scientists in the future may use the epigenetic clock as a diagnostic tool to evaluate the effects of therapies, like hormone therapy for menopause.

«Lastly, the technique we have pioneered will likely be a valuable tool for scientists and clinicians studying the biology of complex nanoparticle populations,» Dr. Zhang said, «and may aid in the development of diagnostic tests using them as biomarkers.»

The conference will also include a panel of Penn researchers, discussing ongoing studies for future therapies, such as the use of advanced MRI neuroimaging as a potential diagnostic tool.

Here we report the use of a liposomal vaccine for the generation of a monoclonal antibody with particular characteristics that makes it a valuable tool for fundamental studies as well as a candidate antibody for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

I hope (and expect) we'll see more studies like it as WGS becomes ever more practical to apply as a frontline diagnostic tool.

«Although the functional significance of the default network is still being hotly debated, this study does suggest that scans of the default network might perhaps have clinical utility as a diagnostic tool.»

Purpose of Study: Because of the highly detailed images, cone - beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans are commonly used as diagnostic tools in human medicine with great success; however, these scans are only now being introduced to the veterinary field.

F.A.S.T. studies are an important diagnostic tool for trauma patients and patients with life - threatening conditions such as bleeding into body cavities from toxicity or ruptured tumor.

Key Question # 1 (accuracy of screening tools): Studies on the accuracy of screening tools will be included if they compared a screening instrument with a valid criterion standard, defined as a DSM diagnosis of MDD or an ICD diagnosis of depressive episode based on a validated diagnostic interview procedure, and if they reported data allowing determination of sensitivity and specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value.