Search Results for: Blood

January 19, 2020

Increased level of NEAT1 long non-coding RNA is detectable in peripheral blood cells of patients with Parkinson’s disease.

Publication date: Jan 14, 2020 Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder that poses serious burden to individuals and society as well. Although a number of PD ... Read more

January 3, 2020

Developing preliminary blood metabolomics-based biomarkers of insufficient sleep in humans.

Precision Medicine Literature

Publication date: Jan 02, 2020 Identify small molecule biomarkers of insufficient sleep using untargeted plasma metabolomics in humans undergoing experimental insufficient sleep. We conducted a cross-over laboratory study where 16 ... Read more

January 1, 2020January 1, 2020

Trace elements profile in the blood of Huntington’ disease patients.

Huntington's Disease Literature

Publication date: Jan 01, 2020 Huntington’ disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive motor, psychiatric, and cognitive deterioration. HD is, together with spinocerebellar ataxias, spinobulbar muscular ... Read more

December 23, 2019

Blood-based bioenergetics: An emerging translational and clinical tool.

Precision Medicine Literature

Publication date: Dec 18, 2019 Accumulating studies demonstrate that mitochondrial genetics and function are central to determining the susceptibility to, and prognosis of numerous diseases across all organ systems. Despite ... Read more

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019

Common drug for high blood pressure may help treat Parkinson’s, dementia

Huntington's Disease News

Publication date: Dec 22, 2019 Previous research has shown that Huntington’s, Parkinson’s and dementia have a common feature: Build-up of misfolded proteins. In a recent study from the University of ... Read more

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019

Blood biomarkers for memory: toward early detection of risk for Alzheimer disease, pharmacogenomics, and repurposed drugs.

Precision Medicine Literature

Publication date: Dec 02, 2019 Short-term memory dysfunction is a key early feature of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Psychiatric patients may be at higher risk for memory dysfunction and subsequent AD ... Read more

November 28, 2019November 28, 2019

Common Mechanisms of Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction to Underlie Many Forms of Damage to the Brain

Multiple Sclerosis News

Publication date: Nov 26, 2019 The specialized cells of the blood-brain barrier line blood vessels that pass through the central nervous system, managing the passage of molecules and cells. Whether ... Read more

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019

Large-scale in vitro production of red blood cells from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

Precision Medicine Literature

Publication date: Nov 12, 2019 Transfusion of donor-derived red blood cells (RBC) is the most common form of cellular therapy. Donor availability and the potential risk of alloimmunization and other ... Read more

November 8, 2019November 8, 2019

The Blood-Brain Barrier and Its Intercellular Junctions in Age-Related Brain Disorders.

Huntington's Disease Literature

Publication date: Nov 03, 2019 With age, our cognitive skills and abilities decline. Maybe starting as an annoyance, this decline can become a major impediment to normal daily life. Recent ... Read more

November 2, 2019November 2, 2019

Intra-Patient Heterogeneity of Circulating Tumor Cells and Circulating Tumor DNA in Blood of Melanoma Patients.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Oct 29, 2019 Despite remarkable progress in melanoma therapy, the exceptional heterogeneity of the disease has prevented the development of reliable companion biomarkers for the prediction or monitoring ... Read more