Detecting dementia through microRNA in patient blood samples
Research in Genome Biology presents a novel biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease based on detecting specific microRNA patterns in patient blood
Keeping PACE with communications in critical care
Good communication is vital to better healthcare especially in situations of clinical uncertainty; a recently developed tool called PACE may aid these interactions
Tracking disease activity in the autoimmune disease juvenile dermatomyositis
Juvenile Dermatomyositis is a potentially life-threatening disease in children; the protein MRP may serve as a means to track its activity
A bird’s eye view of carbon stocks: mapping carbon resources using LiDAR technology
New technological advances improve the accuracy of carbon mapping – a means to aid resource management
Miguel Martínez-González on whether wine in moderation helps prevent depression
Researchers investigate whether alcohol can have a protective effect on the risk of developing depression
Can whole-body CT improve survival in severe blunt trauma?
Research probes the impact of whole-body CT on mortality in a retrospective study of severe blunt trauma patients
Procalcitonin and its potential in predicting cancer mortality risk
Procalcitonin levels rise in inflammation, heart disease and cancer, but what is it’s potential in predicting disease in healthy individuals?
Keith Bradnam on Assemblathon 2: putting genome assembly tools to the test
Assemblathon 2 set about testing the numerous genome assembly tools developed to piece together vast amounts of sequencing data
Genome sequencing for health: Greg Gibson and Atul Butte discuss ‘wellness’
To help prevent disease, it is suggested that genome sequencing needs to be carried out on healthy people as part of normal clinical practice
Asperger’s or autism? Frank Duffy explains how EEG may differentiate between these disorders
Frank Duffy and colleagues use electroencephalogram readings to try to differentiate Asperger’s from autism
