sparse plasma protein signatures offer clinically useful prediction of common and rare diseases.

[Pasionaria]

Interesting research, I don't understand how you measure protein signatures, but diagnosis of thyroid disease would improve dramatically

nature.com/articles/s41591-...

[radd]

Pasionaria

Interesting article and often more what integrative medicine looks at as there are definite certain markers (proteins) more prevalent in certain illnesses. The crossover in autoimmune conditions is enormous.

Thank you for posting.

[helvella Administrator]

I missed your post at the time but am totally convinced that we need to be looking at markers other than "the obvious" - i.e. TSH, FT4 and FT3 for thyroid.

We need to look at things that are associated with long-term thyroid disease. Especially things that can be measured even while the TSH, FT4 and FT3 don't look too bad - often labelled subclinical.