A technology that diagnoses various diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, using just a few drops of blood from a ...

In the blood, lipoproteins ferry cholesterol and other lipids to cells throughout the body. In the cerebrospinal fluid, they may do the same, but because they are 200-fold more dilute there, ...

It may be possible to identify the presence of an aggressive brain tumor in children by studying their cerebrospinal fluid, according to new research led by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center ...

How Is a CSF Glucose Test Done? The most common way to check the glucose in your cerebrospinal fluid is by performing a lumbar puncture, also called a spinal tap. In some cases, your doctor can also ...

Sequencing circulating tumor cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) improved diagnosis, decision-making, and clinical care in pediatric and adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with ...