Publications by authors named "C Torres-Calzada"
Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths among men. The heterogeneous nature of this disease presents challenges in its diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. Numerous potential predictive, diagnostic, prognostic, and risk assessment biomarkers have been proposed through various population studies.
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- MarkerDB is a leading resource for molecular biomarker information that recently launched a significant update called MarkerDB 2.0.
- This update features thousands of new biomarkers, improved search functionalities, and new tools for exploring biomarker panels, enhancing overall user experience.
- MarkerDB continues to be a free and accessible platform, aimed at supporting a wide range of applications in clinical medicine and biomedical research.
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- * Conventional screening methods face challenges in logistics due to the need for biofluid handling and cooling, making it hard for remote areas.
- * The 'Open SprayBot' is a robotic platform designed to automate the analysis of samples on paper, allowing easy shipping and increasing processing speed, successfully demonstrating this by quantifying a key biomarker in newborn screening.
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- Metabolomics studies small molecule metabolites in biological systems and has important uses like tracking diet, predicting heart disease, and diagnosing cancer.
- High-end tools like mass spectrometers are typically used for metabolite measurement, but they are expensive and complex, making them unsuitable for bedside testing.
- A new low-cost, portable optical color sensor has been developed, which can accurately detect metabolites like creatinine and ascorbate in urine, providing a practical solution for point-of-care testing.