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Saliva analysis could reveal risk of developing cancer, heart disease or Parkinson’s using molecular markers

A research team led by the University of the Basque Country has identified hundreds of molecular markers in saliva that could reveal the risk of a person developing major diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases. Their results, published in npj Genomic Medicine, lay the foundation for the development of a powerful, non-invasive tool for early diagnosis and precision medicine.

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World Precision Instruments and SynVivo Launch Next-Generation Multiplexed TEER-on-a-Chip Platform for Real-Time Organ-on-a-Chip Cell Monitoring

SARASOTA, Fla. and HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — World Precision Instruments (WPI), a global leader in transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER) instrumentation, and SynVivo Inc., a pioneer in Organ-on-a-Chip (OOC) technology, today announced the commercial launch of a next-generation multiplexed TEER-on-a-Chip platform—a breakthrough solution enabling real-time, high-throughput measurement of barrier integrity in advanced Organ-on-a-Chip models.

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Machine learning finds combined biological and psychosocial data improve chronic pain prediction

Researchers at McGill University and other institutes recently carried out a study aimed at identifying biomarkers and psychosocial factors associated with the development of chronic pain conditions. Their findings, published in Nature Human Behavior, were obtained by analyzing data from a large biomedical database, namely the UK Biobank, using advanced machine learning techniques.

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