Content by Lund University

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New AI Model Can Detect Multiple Cognitive Brain Diseases from a Single Blood Sample

The model is built from one of the world’s largest neurodegenerative protein datasets
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Blood Test Reveals Prognosis After Cardiac Arrest

Researchers compared four blood-based brain injury biomarkers across multiple centers to evaluate how reliably they estimate the extent of brain damage in unconscious patients after cardiac arrest
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Defective Sperm Doubles the Risk of Preeclampsia, Study Finds

For the first time, researchers have linked specific frequent defects in sperm to risk of pregnancy complications and negative impacts on the health of the baby
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Novel Blood Biomarker Identifies Parkinsonian Diseases Early On

DOPA decarboxylase was found elevated many years before individuals developed Parkinson’s symptoms
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PD Patient Receives First-Ever Stem Cell-Based Transplant

Transplant replaces dopaminergic neurons, which are degenerated in patients with Parkinson’s disease
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The Tumor Environment Can Affect Breast Cancer Prognosis

The interplay between the patient’s BMI, tumor size, and cancer-specific proteins is of importance for the prognosis
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Epigenetic Markers Predict Complications in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

New study supports the notion that patients with type 2 diabetes should be divided into subgroups
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Biomarker Identified That Predicts Type 2 Diabetes Many Years before Diagnosis

Early detection of type 2 diabetes risk before symptoms could help minimize health complications related to diabetes
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New Herpes Treatment Could Help Beat Other Incurable Viral Infections

The broad-spectrum method targets physical properties in the genome of the virus rather than viral proteins, which have previously been targeted
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Blood Lipid Profile Predicts Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Better Than Obesity

Researchers  have identified a blood lipid profile that improves the possibility to assess, several years in advance, the risk of developing type 2 diabetes 
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New and Better Marker for Assessing Patients After Cardiac Arrest

The discovery could form the basis for decisions on continuing life-support treatment
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New Method Enables Accurate Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease

Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease can be difficult, as several other conditions can cause similar symptoms
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