Biomarker

Mitochondrial flavoprotein fluorescence may possibly serve as an indicator of age-related macular degeneration stage, helping to detect early disease and offering insights on how and when to treat patients, according to a study.

Conventional memory B cells with low CXCR5 levels and CXCR5 T-helper 2 memory cells are potential biomarkers of juvenile dermatomyositis disease activity, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

New AGA clinical practice guidelines highlight the role of noninvasive biomarkers, including fecal calprotectin, fecal lactoferrin and C-reactive protein, for the management of patients with ulcerative colitis.

SAN FRANCISCO — Several potential genetic biomarkers may predict how patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma will respond to enfortumab vedotin, according to retrospective study results.

The plasma biomarker P-tau217 predicted cognitive decline in patients with preclinical Alzheimer’s disease and may complement cerebrospinal fluid and positron emission tomography as a patient-screening tool in clinical trials.

A new blood test may offer a more accurate way to track and predict the progression of knee osteoarthritis than current approaches, according to a press release from Duke Health.

LinusBio announced it has raised over $16 million in Series A funding to deliver technology that combines genomics, the environment and biological response to help diagnose and monitor the progression of disorders such as ALS and autism.

Cerveau Technologies Inc. announced a partnership with Othair Prothena Limited, which will allow Prothena to use Cerveau’s investigational imaging agent in positron emission tomography scans to assess neurofibrillary tangles in the brain.

In a study of patients with COVID-19 who underwent cardiac MRI, among the signs of cardiac involvement in COVID-19 were cardiac symptoms, ECG abnormalities and cardiac biomarker elevations.

Most patients with cancer diagnosed with myocarditis after receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors showed evidence of liver dysfunction and muscle degradation, results of an observational cohort study in JACC CardioOncology showed.