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Study team finds method for early detection of pancreatic cancer
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Mostly because it is discovered much later in life, pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest types of the disease. For screens aimed at early detection, the current markers are too ambiguous and insensitive. Now, a study team has published a novel technique in the journal Angewandte Chemie
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Autoantibodies can be behind lifelong risk of viral infections: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A new study shows that about two per cent of the population develop autoantibodies against type 1 interferons, mostly later in life. This makes individuals more susceptible to viral diseases like COVID-19. The study, conducted by University of Zurich (UZH) researchers together with a USZ tea
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Researchers find new approach for treating autoimmune brain inflammation
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers from Charite - Universitatsmedizin Berlin and DZNE have developed a cutting-edge therapy for the most prevalent kind of autoimmune encephalitis. Reprogramming white blood cells to identify and eradicate disease-causing cells is an innovative strategy that provides unprecedented a
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Researchers give more insight into association between autoimmunity, schiz
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Autoantibodies, or immune system-produced proteins that may function against one's own body, have been linked to reports of schizophrenia. A minority of schizophrenia patients had autoantibodies that targeted neurexin 1, a "synaptic adhesion protein," according to a study published last mont
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Study predicts long COVID at the initial point of diagnosis
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Seattle [US], January 21 (ANI): A team of researchers has identified several factors that can be measured at the initial point of COVID-19 diagnosis that anticipate if a patient is likely to develop long COVID.
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New test better predicts which babies will develop type 1 diabetes
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Seattle [US], Aug 9 (ANI): Scientists developed a method of combining multiple factors that could influence whether a child is likely to develop type 1 diabetes. The combined risk score approach incorporates genetics, clinical factors such as the family history of diabetes, and their count o
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Rotavirus infection may turn on type 1 diabetes: Study
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Oct 11 (ANI): Rotavirus infection that causes severe dehydration in the patient may have hands in the development of type 1 diabetes, claim researchers.
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