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Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation
by ruth on January 24, 2010
© Neeta Lind
[The authors] have identified schizophrenia biomarkers in serum, and working with the company Rules-Based Medicine, located in Austin, Texas, and Lake Placid, N.Y., she expects that a serum-based test to aid in the diagnosis of schizophrenia will be launched sometime this year.
"We've identified a signature of numerous protein biomarkers, which give a very high sensitivity and specificity," Bahn says. "We've looked at hundreds of samples from patients and controls and other disorders that are related to schizophrenia."
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Rating: 8.50 out of 2 vote(s) cast.
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Response from:
karam
(02/21/10 8:57pm)
I will like to have more information on testing of blood for schizophrenia, as I suspect some patients are wrongly classified with the condition.
Response from:
RTH
(03/01/10 7:19am)
This will be a game changer in the treatment and early diagnosis of this awful disease. Unfortunately, as the above poster alludes to there is a stigma associated with a schizophrenia diagnosis. Often patients, caregivers, family, etc. deny they have the illness and face years of unneccessary relapses. Relapses that hurt the overall long-term prognosis. At least now healthcare providers will be able to confirm their diagnosis, taking subjectivity out of the equation.
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