Diagnostics 
Gluten allergy can lead to malnutrition in children
(0)The number of children under five who suffer from severe acute malnutrition in India is huge. But a large proportion of these children may not be suffering from lack of food. Gluten allergy can reduce absorption of nutrients even in well-fed children. Anuska Karmarkar reports recent research findings.
Diabetes and left ventricle dysfunction
Diabetes can lead to malfunctioning kidneys and heart diseases. Kidney malfunction measured using albumin in urine is simpler than measuring heart conditions. Indian researchers provide physicians a clue to detect diabetes patients who may be developing heart disease using albumin in urine as a proxy. Mahwish Adnan reports.
Urinary podocalyxin: an early biomarker for diabetic nephropathy?
Is there a way to detect the development of nephropathy in diabetes type 2 patients even before albumin shows up in urine? Research done at the Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram suggests that the protein, podocalyxin, in urine may be an early biomarker for diabetic nephropathy. Mahwish Adnan reports.
Quicker, low-cost breast cancer diagnosis
Doctors at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Government Medical College and Hospital, Jabalpur have come up with technique to diagnose breast cancer even in remote health centres. All you need is a syringe available even in resource poor clinics and a microscope. Sanghamitra reports from Cuttack.
Fibre biosensor to diagnose cardiovascular disease
The amount of the proteins, troponin T and troponin I, in blood is helpful to assess the damage done due to a heart attack. Troponin I is a better indicator. Researchers have now come up with a lab-on-a-chip device to detect the protein. Read the details of their ingenious invention.
Tears as Clues: Towards global research standards
Tears hold clues about infections or inflammation of the eyes. Research suggests that tears may also have biomarkers to help detect many other conditions, including cancer and neurodegeneration. Here is a report on removing the main roadblock in research and development in this direction.
Malignant Melanomas in India
Melanoma patients in India have a pattern of mutations that is different from the pattern seen worldwide, say researchers from the Homi Bhabha National Institute. While 75% of the patients in global sample have mutations in two genes, Indians cases have only 31%. A Anuradha reports.
Detecting Ovarian Cancer
Researchers from IIT Hyderabad and IIT Bombay collaborated to come up with a method to detect ovarian cancer. They attached antibodies against fibronectin, a protein, to porous carbon derived from sweet corn husk to make the biosensor.
Spontaneous Abortions: Chlamydia and microRNAs
Infection by Chlamydia trachomatis, a bacteria, can cause recurrent spontaneous abortions. Sangita Rastogi and team, ICMR-NIP, New Delhi recently identified two biomarkers in urine that signal the possibility of spontaneous abortion. Read on for details.
Speech Signals: biomarkers for heart failure
Madhu Keerthana from IIT Kharagpur and collaborators from Finland have come up with an automated system to identify heart problems from speech signals of patients. A medical technology in the making.
