Publications by authors named "Elmira Shajari"

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) flare-ups exhibit symptoms that are similar to other diseases and conditions, making diagnosis and treatment complicated. Currently, the gold standard for diagnosing and monitoring IBD is colonoscopy and biopsy, which are invasive and uncomfortable procedures, and the fecal calprotectin test, which is not sufficiently accurate. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an alternative method.

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  • Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious condition affecting premature infants in NICUs, and early indicators could help intervene before symptoms arise.* -
  • This study analyzed daily stool samples from 132 very-low-birth-weight infants to explore fecal biomarkers for NEC prediction using advanced proteomics technology.* -
  • Results showed that a specific set of 36 proteins could predict NEC development in infants up to a week before diagnosis, highlighting the potential for early detection methods.*
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Early detection of cancer increases the chance of effective treatment and survival rates. The aim of this study is to develop a rapid and non-invasive nano-biosensing method to screen common lethal cancers in their early stages. In that regard, two circulating microRNA (miR-21, miR-155) biomarkers, which are upregulated in plasma in prevalent cancers, were targeted by a rapid and colorimetric nano-biosensor based on non-crosslinking Au-nanoprobes without amplification requirement.

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Cancer is considered as a challenging lethal agent around the world and its detection at early stages would help prevention of the high mortality. Among the widely used biomarkers in clinical diagnosis of cancer, extracellular non-coding RNAs as ribonucleic acid biomarkers serve as state-of-the-art candidates for molecular diagnosis. In that regard, microRNAs are of great priority mainly because of high variety and stability in body fluids.

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