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AI and proteomics uncover seven blood proteins linked to vasculitis remission
Vasculitis is a disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks blood vessel walls, causing them to become inflamed. If left untreated, the rare disease can severely damage organs, including the kidneys and lungs. Physicians ...
Aug 26, 2026
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Wastewater may offer an early warning of pertussis outbreaks
Pertussis, or whooping cough, continues to cause periodic outbreaks worldwide and can be especially dangerous for infants who have not completed vaccination. Yet conventional surveillance depends on people seeking medical ...
Aug 26, 2026
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Additional transfusion risk emerges for patients with tick-borne alpha-gal syndrome, beyond meat allergy
A new multi-institutional study led by researchers at Dartmouth Health and Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth suggests that alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne disease that can result in a chronic allergy to meat and animal ...
Aug 25, 2026
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A painless punch with a microneedle patch could detect kidney disease earlier
Kidney disease is silent in its early stages, progressing without symptoms until the disease is advanced. Researchers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, in collaboration with researchers ...
Aug 25, 2026
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FDA clears blood test to aid evaluation for Alzheimer's disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared an innovative blood test for marketing. The test's underlying technology was invented at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis for the early diagnosis ...
Aug 24, 2026
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Blood test shows promise for detecting breast cancer recurrence
A research team at Kumamoto University has developed a blood-based approach that could help detect breast cancer recurrence by looking beyond conventional genetic mutations and examining how DNA is packaged inside cells. ...
Aug 24, 2026
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Researchers find cold storage platelets safe and effective
A new study has found platelets kept in cold storage are as effective at treating bleeding and have a longer shelf life than platelets stored at room temperature. Dr. James Preuss and Dr. Warren Pavey, from The University ...
Aug 22, 2026
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Gene markers quantify damage in individual kidney and liver cells
Researchers at the University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne and the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research have developed a method that, for the first time, enables damage to individual cells to be precisely ...
Aug 21, 2026
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FDA authorizes first standalone robotic device to draw blood
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized Aletta as the first standalone robotic device that can draw blood from a patient's arm. Marketing authorization was granted to Vitestro.
Aug 21, 2026
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New rapid test could transform iron treatment worldwide
Iron deficiency is one of the world's most common nutritional disorders, affecting millions of women and children globally. Yet diagnosing it remains difficult in many low-resource settings, where access to laboratories and ...
Aug 20, 2026
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Mouse study reveals candidate proteins for liver disease diagnosis and treatment monitoring
Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues from the N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology have identified proteomic markers for monitoring liver injury and confirmed the hepatoprotective effects of ...
Aug 19, 2026
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What Ukraine's wartime blood supply transformation can teach the US
At the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, Ukraine was hit with a 40% surge in demand for blood for its civilians and military personnel. Despite damaged health care facilities, supply chain disruptions and population displacement, ...
Aug 18, 2026
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Improving the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism
A simple new method based on the results of two studies from Christofer Juhlin's research group can make it easier to identify the underlying cause of a common form of high blood pressure and help predict who will benefit ...
Aug 18, 2026
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Blood test may help guide treatment for metastatic melanoma
A blood test that measures how quickly tumor cells divide could in the future help doctors assess prognosis and select treatment strategies for patients with melanoma that has spread to other parts of the body. This is shown ...
Aug 18, 2026
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Fast-spreading malaria parasite mutations in Uganda may weaken Africa's most widely used malaria therapy
Researchers searching for genetic clues to the growing problem of malaria drug resistance have identified new mutations associated with the parasite's decreased susceptibility to current treatment. By sequencing the whole ...
Aug 17, 2026
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ULTRA maps glioma margins in 3D within 30 minutes
One of the major challenges in glioma surgery is that tumor boundaries are often difficult to define. Diffuse gliomas can infiltrate surrounding brain tissue beyond what surgeons can see directly or what conventional imaging ...
Aug 17, 2026
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Scientists have designed a functioning virus from scratch using AI. What you need to know
Artificial intelligence has designed viruses that can infect bacteria and reproduce—a first that shows AI is beginning to do more than analyze the genetic code of living things. It can write new versions of it, too.
Aug 16, 2026
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Exhaled breath may reveal SARS-CoV-2 through virus-catching sensor
Nian Sun, a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern, has spent years perfecting a device that he believes could change the way diseases are detected.
Aug 14, 2026
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Alzheimer's protein patterns vary across populations, biomarker study finds
Blood biomarkers may make it possible to detect changes seen in Alzheimer's disease without advanced brain imaging or cerebrospinal fluid tests. At the same time, much of the research behind today's biomarkers has been conducted ...
Aug 13, 2026
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Novel AI model accurately detects key gene mutations and predicts biomarkers across 32 cancer types
Researchers have developed a novel AI model that can analyze a routine whole-slide histopathology image and simultaneously predict cancer subtype, specific genetic mutations and survival outcomes across 32 different solid ...
Aug 13, 2026
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Sweat sensor enables continuous noninvasive measurement of cholesterol
If you see a doctor regularly, chances are you have had a lipid panel ordered and your blood drawn at a lab. The results told your physician your levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, factors that play a role in diagnosing ...
Aug 12, 2026
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As Candida auris spreads, scientist highlights growing threat of antifungal resistance
As cases of the potentially deadly drug-resistant fungal infection Candida auris have spread to 27 states, including Texas, which has the second-highest number, a scientist at UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center ...
Aug 12, 2026
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AI maps tumor cells that may seed later metastases
A cancerous tumor is not a single enemy. It is made up of many different cell populations that can behave in very different ways. Among them, even at the time of diagnosis, there may already be cells that months or years ...
Aug 12, 2026
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