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Simple lab test for bone disease linked to risk of death in dialysis patients
... or normal nutritional status, reflected by normal serum albumin levels. In addition, patients whose alkaline phosphatase level increased during the first ...Age is not a key factor in cancer survival, but clinical trials exclude older patients
... criteria on the Short Form 36 questionnaire. • Serum albumin levels, a major protein that is produced ... and fewer problems with functional impairment. High serum albumin levels were also important, as were a lack of metastatic ...Luminescence shines new light on proteins
... understanding of the function of the most abundant protein in the body, serum albumin. In the future the technique could help to understand ... between a probe (the optical probe, itself of one handedness) and serum albumin (also of one handedness: hence akin to a hand ...Diabetes drug shows potential for treating one cause of chronic kidney disease
... protein excretion, blood levels of the protein albumin, and kidney filtration rate might affect ... , and body surface area had any effects. Serum albumin and kidney filtration had significant effects ...A potential therapeutic strategy for hepatic failure
... of rats with FHF induced by D-galactosamine. Serum albumin (ALB), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and total bilirubin (TBil ...Blood test for brain injuries gains momentum
... and into the brain, withdrawal fluid, and compare the concentration of albumin protein in the cerebrospinal fluid to the concentration in the blood ... compared levels of S-100B proteins to the CSF-serum albumin quotient (Qa), the gold standard ...Magnetic nano-'shepherds' organize cells
... a method for coating the magnetic nanoparticles with bovine serum albumin (BSA), a protein derived from cow blood. BSA is a stable protein used in many experiments because ...Singapore scientists synthesize gold to shed light on cells' inner workings
... with a commercially available common protein such as bovine serum albumin (BSA). "The protein holds and interacts with gold ions in aqueous solution. We are able to use this protein ...Caltech physicists create first nanoscale mass spectrometer
... used the instrument to test a sample of the protein bovine serum albumin (BSA), which is known to have a mass of 66 kilodaltons (kDa; a dalton is a unit of mass used to describe ...Model predicts dialysis patients' likelihood of survival
... to the surprise question, older age, decreased serum albumin, presence of dementia, and presence of peripheral vascular disease (blockage of an artery that leads to an arm ...Targeted delivery of losartan reduces liver inflammation and scarring
... is an angiotensin (AT1) receptor blocker that was linked to mannose-6-phosphate modified human serum albumin (M6PHSA), a selective drug carrier targeting hepatic stellate cells (HSC). An average ...Nanoblasts from laser-activated nanoparticles move molecules, proteins and DNA into cells
... that they could get the small molecule calcein, the bovine serum albumin protein and plasmid DNA through the cell membranes of human prostate cancer cells ...Proton pump inhibitors are a risk factor for C. difficile reinfection
... and 27 (21.6%) experienced one or more episodes of recurrence. Age > 65 years, low serum albumin level < 2.5 g/dL, and use of PPIs were found to be risk factors for CDAD recurrence ...Proton pump inhibitors are a risk factor for C. difficile reinfection, study finds
... . A research group in Korea investigated the risk factors for CDAD recurrence. Advanced age, serum albumin levels less than 2.5g/dL and use of PPIs were found to be significant risk factors for CDAD ...Efforts needed to address disparities in kidney transplantation
... . These patients also had higher average hemoglobin, serum albumin, and serum creatinine, and were more likely to have received care from a kidney specialist before starting dialysis. Two ...
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