If a person has abnormal levels of blood proteins, then the plasma calcium may be inaccurate.
Fibulin-1 is also a blood protein capable of binding to fibrinogen.
Ten percent were found to have elevated levels of the blood protein.
There are two large classes of blood proteins: albumin and globulin.
Swelling occurs due to kidney failure, combined with the loss of blood protein.
For example, he may test for blood proteins whose presence in elevated levels can indicate increased heart attack risk.
He speculated that the chemical emitted by the snail may be a blood protein.
The 5-to-2 decision, which was announced on Monday, said researchers used the victim's spleen without his knowledge to develop a blood protein.
In analyzing 23 blood proteins representing 23 genes, the researchers found no differences.