biomarker
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In biomedical contexts, a biomarker, or biological marker, is a measurable indicator of some biological state or condition. Biomarkers are often measured and evaluated using blood, urine, or soft tissues to examine normal biological processes, pathogenic processes, or pharmacologic responses to a therapeutic intervention. Biomarkers are used in many scientific fields.
Research
1,379,238 papers- Biomarker definitions and their applications.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2018
- Biomarker endpoints in cancer cachexia clinical trials: Systematic Review 5 of the cachexia endpoint series.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2024
- Clinical biomarker validation.Bioanalysis · 2018
- C-Reactive Protein Velocity (CRPv) as a New Biomarker for the Early Detection of Acute Infection/Inflammation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
- Effective biomarker measurement is key for biotherapeutic development.Bioanalysis · 2022
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Medicine
- Predictive
- Diagnostic
- Digital
- Prognostic
- Nutrition and diet assessment
- Research
- Regulatory validation for clinical use
- Proof of concept
- Analytical performances validation
- Protocol standardization
- Ethical issues
- Cell biology
- Applications in chemistry, geology and astrobiology
- Ecotoxicology
- History
- Definition
- Active biomonitoring
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In biomedical contexts, a biomarker, or biological marker, is a measurable indicator of some biological state or condition. Biomarkers are often measured and evaluated using blood, urine, or soft tissues to examine normal biological processes, pathogenic processes, or pharmacologic responses to a therapeutic intervention. Biomarkers are used in many scientific fields.
== Medicine == Biomarkers used in the medical field, are a part of a relatively new clinical toolset categorized by their clinical applications. The four main classes are molecular, physiologic, histologic and radiographic biomarkers. All four types of biomarkers have a clinical role in narrowing or guiding treatment decisions and follow a sub-categorization of being either predictive, prognostic, or diagnostic.
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