In addition to brain imaging, laboratory analysis of cerebrospinal fluid is important for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS). In this study, proteomic analysis of this fluid has revealed a set ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, a group of researchers assessed if a precise blood test matches or surpasses traditional cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tests in detecting ...

A simple blood test to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, which afflicts nearly 7 million Americans, could soon replace more invasive and expensive diagnostic methods such as spinal taps and brain scans.

Analysing cancer DNA in spinal fluid could speed up and improve the diagnosis of breast cancer which has spread to the brain and spinal cord, according to a new pilot study. The type of test, known as ...

Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and spinal fluid analysis, happen approximately twenty years before a clinical motor diagnosis in people with Huntington’s ...

Twenty-two patients were included (77% female; median age 60 years). Sixty-four percent had sensitizing EGFR mutations, and 32% had an atypical EGFR mutation. Thirteen of the 22 patients (59%) were ...

Introduction Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is a parasitic disease caused by Onchocerca volvulus affecting millions predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa. Robust epidemiological ...

Researchers from the MPI of Biochemistry and the Technical University of Munich have discovered new diagnostic markers for multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease that affects 3 million people worldwide.