Biomarker

American Association for Cancer Research presented the AACR-Waun Ki Hong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Translational and Clinical Cancer Research to Nima Sharifi, MD.

Research into biomarkers to identify concussion and differentiate ischemic stroke from intracerebral hemorrhage topped Healio Neurology’s coverage in March. Plus: cannabis use, neuroplasticity after stroke and Lewy body dementia.

A biomarker panel with retinol binding protein 4, N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide and glial fibrillary acid protein discerned ischemic stroke from intracerebral hemorrhage with modest accuracy, researchers reported in Neurology.

Overall multibiomarker disease activity scores are insufficient for determining rheumatoid arthritis disease activity following repository corticotropin injection, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

The presence of retinal ischemic perivascular lesions may signal that a patient also has CVD, according to data published in EClinicalMedicine.

A machine learning image model describing Crohn’s disease phenotypes may impact individualized care for children with Crohn’s, according to a presenter at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

A presenter at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress highlighted the importance of biomarkers in determining disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease, especially in the era of COVID-19.

Circulating tumor DNA analysis outperformed an established biomarker in predicting risk for colorectal cancer recurrence after surgery, according to study results presented at Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

Neetu Gupta, PhD, associate professor at Cleveland Clinic Foundation, discussed her thoughts on influential topics to appear at the next the ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

If there was any question about whether rheumatologists would utilize an effective biomarker that can predict response to a commonly used class of drugs, it was answered by a recent study in Rheumatology International.