Biomarker

In relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis, fenebrutinib treatment led to reduction of lesion activity and resulted in higher penetration into cerebrospinal fluid at 12 weeks, according to research from ECTRIMS 2023.

In those with traumatic brain injury, patterns of two blood-based biomarkers were similar between the sexes, with significantly higher concentrations of one in male patients compared with female patients, according to research from Nature.

PHILADELPHIA — A machine learning model was better able to predict preclinical Alzheimer’s disease from participant biomarkers as well as driving data from a year-long study, according to a speaker.

  Healio spoke to Emma Rossi, MD, gynecological oncologist at Duke Cancer Center, about current and emerging prognostic biomarkers of endometrial cancer.

Researchers determined that phosphatidylethanol, or PEth, can accurately assess heavy alcohol consumption at an optimal cutoff value of 18.5 ng/mL.

A global clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company announced positive biomarker data from its exploratory phase 1 electroencephalogram biomarker study of novel and selective Kv7.2/Kv7.3 activator BHV-700 to treat epilepsy.

Knee acoustic emissions may be an “inexpensive and easy-to-use” biomarker to help differentiate between patients with and without juvenile idiopathic arthritis, according to data published in Pediatric Rheumatology.

Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism among men with diabetes and metastatic prostate cancer that they believe may lay the foundation for better testing and treatments for Black men with both diseases.

Patients with alpha-tryptase experienced more anaphylaxis and other severe reactions to food compared with patients who did not have alpha-tryptase, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology.

Quest Diagnostics has announced the availability of a blood-based test that assesses the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease through amyloid-beta biomarkers.