When Ginny Mason was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer in 1994, she never once heard the word “biomarker.” “Back then, all you got was ER and PR [the estrogen receptor and progesterone ...

Keith W. Roach, MD, is an associate professor of clinical medicine in the division of general medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian. Christopher Kelly, MD, from UNC Health, is a general cardiologist who ...

Biomarkers — aka biological markers — are measurable indicators of health that can detect disease, monitor treatment, and guide preventive care. Types of biomarkers vary by purpose, including ...

Imagine a stadium packed with 75,000 fans, all wearing green and white jerseys—except one person in a solid green shirt. Finding that person would be tough. That's how hard it is for scientists to ...

The identification of reliable biomarkers from peripheral blood is crucial for improving disease diagnosis and monitoring. Spectral flow cytometry has emerged as a powerful tool for high-dimensional ...

Researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind wearable tech that quickly, simply, and non-invasively tests for important health markers using menstrual blood. The affordable device could ...

A blood-based biomarker assay for multiple sclerosis (MS) disease activity provides actionable insights that supplement standard MS evaluations, especially for treatment initiation and de-escalation ...

Measuring the levels of three biomarkers in blood in midlife may give women a clearer picture of their risk of major cardiovascular events like heart attacks and strokes decades earlier than current ...

Serum calprotectin and complement factor 3 (C3) levels were elevated in treatment-naive patients with early psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and declined with treatment; these markers outperformed C-reactive ...