biomarkers

Circulating tumor cells, exosomes, and DNA can improve the diagnosis of many cancers. But are liquid biopsies ready for prime time?

And a diet that includes a few days of caloric restriction each month reduces biomarkers of aging and disease in people, according to a small trial.

An immune protein previously thought to mark inactive T cells has a free-floating form that correlates with HIV disease progression.

Researchers face roadblocks to treating an individual patient’s cancer as a unique disease.

Personal drug regimens based on xenograft mice harboring a single patient’s tumor still need to prove their true utility in medicine.

Living longer doesn’t necessarily mean living healthier.

Scientists develop synthetic blood-based biomarkers to amplify tumor signals in a mouse model.

Epigenetic and genetic changes in the SKA2 gene are correlated with suicidal behaviors, researchers show.

Researchers have identified three fat cell-specific surface markers that distinguish white from brown and beige adipocytes.

Researchers are on a mission to identify blood-borne biomarkers for dementia. Will this year’s high-profile successes pave the way?

Failing a sniff test or screening positive on an eye exam may predict people’s chances of developing the neurodegenerative disorder.

Researchers identify a set of proteins that can predict the development of Alzheimer’s disease-related dementia with 87 percent accuracy.

Fifty-thousand-year-old feces suggest Neanderthals ate both meat and vegetables.

Study finds that prediagnosis obesity is predictive of poor prognosis, even among patients who have a molecular marker associated with better disease outcome.