Sentences with phrase «time biological markers»
McKee's Boston University colleague Robert Stern has a study underway to classify the symptoms and identify real - time biological markers of CTE in athletes.
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They specifically studied the length of telomeres (repeated DNA sequences) on the ends of chromosomes in leukocytes (white blood cells); the protective caps are believed to be markers of biological aging, because they shrink over time.
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.
For the first time, researchers report identifying a biological marker: the over-production of specific genes that could be a diagnostic indicator of mental illness in female psychiatric patients.
They measured the amount of benzo [a] pyrene bound to DNA — a biological marker for PAHs — in the mothers» blood at the time of birth.
Telomeres are structures at the end of a chromosome that get shorter the more times a cell divides, making them a marker of biological age.