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Alzheimer's biomarkers panel not clear-cut after all

Treating Alzheimer's disease early can delay symptoms and improve people's quality of life, and might even change the course of the disease, but it needs an accurate test. In 2007, it looked like we Read more...

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Alzheimer's biomarkers panel not clear-cut after all

Treating Alzheimer's disease early can delay symptoms and improve people's quality of life, and might even change the course of the disease, but it needs an accurate test. In 2007, it looked like we Read more...

Protagen, Bayer expand joint effort on endometriosis biomarkers

Protagen and Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals are collaborating to validate diagnostic biomarkers for endometriosis, a painful and distressing gynecological condition. Diagnosis is currently Read more...

Qiagen partners with Lilly on companion diagnostic for blood cancer drug

Diagnostics developer Qiagen is continuing its strategy of partnering with large pharmaceutical companies to develop companion diagnostics using its biomarkers. The latest partnership for Qiagen is Read more...

Detector lets users see biomarkers with their own eyes

One of the big ideas behind biomarker development is not only to diagnose disease earlier and less invasively, but also to make it easier and cheaper for anybody to do. In the words of Boston Read more...

A new generation of powerful breath tests detect diseases

The New York Times tells us about a new generation of "breathalyzers" that will be able to detect markers for diseases through puffs of exhaled air. "There are clear signatures in the breath for Read more...

Biomarker found for human form of mad cow disease

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), or the human form of mad cow disease, is just as frightening as both names sound. It's a degenerative brain disease that's always fatal within a year of onset and Read more...

Hatch drafting new bill to create diagnostic regulatory process

A new bill is being drafted by a group of lawmakers interested in creating a new federal regulatory process specifically designed for diagnostics, with Senator Orrin Hatch leading the discussions, Read more...