Tests that look at changes in biochemistry have an important application in medicine, including point-of-care cardiac testing and monitoring heart failure. Biochemical tests can also be used to ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – W. Andy Tao, a biochemistry professor in the College of Agriculture who discovered a method to detect and monitor breast cancer using a simple blood test and bladder cancer ...

To assess liver function when symptoms such as confusion, behavioral changes, excessive sleepiness, coma, or hand tremor are present To evaluate the impact of treatment for liver diseases To track the ...

Although histopathological analysis of liver tissue is still the reference standard for the evaluation of disease progression in patients with chronic liver disease, a distinct change in clinical ...

Measurement of plasma or urinary catecholamines and their metabolites is the foundation of the biochemical diagnosis of pheochromocytoma; however, there is no consensus as to the most reliable assay.

In this interview, Professor Igor K. Lednev discusses the potential of Raman spectroscopy to replace biochemical tests as a universal analytical technique for bodily fluids (biological stains) in ...

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Physiology : Ceruloplasmin is a feroxidase enzyme found in the blood of humans. It carries eight atoms of copper and plays a very important role in iron metabolism. The gene responsible for encoding ...