Sentence examples for more sensitive surrogate from inspiring English sources

Recently, bacterial DNA measurement in blood samples has proven to be a reliable, non-invasive, and probably more sensitive surrogate marker for translocation of viable bacteria in cirrhosis [ 48, 60].

The association between disease activity and sFLC was stronger than for immunoglobulin levels, suggesting that sFLC may act as more sensitive surrogate markers of B cell function (Landgren et al, 2010; Aggarwal et al, 2011).

Recent multiple sclerosis (MS) MRI research has highlighted the need to move beyond the lesion-centric view and to develop and validate new MR imaging strategies that quantify the invisible burden of disease in the brain and establish much more sensitive and specific surrogate markers of clinical disability.

Biological markers, which are predictive of response, might prove to be more sensitive short-term surrogates of long-term outcome.

At the same time, adoption agencies, sperm banks and organizations that work with surrogate mothers have become more sensitive to gays and lesbians, said Rebecca Isaacs, director of policy and public affairs at the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center.

Earlier and more sensitive confirmation of vaccine "take" rates by surrogate markers would be especially useful in the case of LAIV vaccination where traditional serology assays seem to be very insensitive.

Further studies are needed to refine methods and develop specific surrogate factors that may be more sensitive to the effects of angiogenesis inhibitors.

However, semi-quantitative approaches are simple to apply, and whilst less informative and more sensitive to experimental conditions, the use of NA offers a useful surrogate descriptor of tracer retention when datasets are acquired under an identical experimental set-up and protocol.

However, because gal3 serves as a surrogate for myocardial fibrosis, it may be possible that more sensitive imaging tools that can quantify fibrosis (such as cardiac magnetic resonance imaging) can show better correlation.

All three markers demonstrated a high potential as surrogate markers for a DIMS0150 response with CD163 and TSP-1 being slightly more sensitive than IL-6 because of their ability to demonstrate the steroid re-sensitizing effect of DIMS0150.

Therefore for geologically sequestered gas reservoirs with a significant CH4 component, monitoring CH4 as a surrogate for CO2 leakage could be as much as 10 times more sensitive than monitoring CO2 alone.