Proceedings of the National Seminar on Biomarkers: From Research to Clinical Practice (BRCP–2017)

Download or read book Proceedings of the National Seminar on Biomarkers: From Research to Clinical Practice (BRCP–2017) written by Mrs. M. Divya and published by Allied Publishers. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In medicine, a biomarker can be a traceable substance that is introduced into an organism to examine organ function or other aspects of health. Biomarkers are compounds, isolated from serum, urine, or other fluids. They can be used as an indicator of the presence or severity of a particular disease. Biomarkers help in disease prevention, early diagnosis, drug target identification, drug response, etc. Biomarkers play a critical role in improving the drug development process and biomedical research. To throw light on these perspectives and to understand the role of biomarkers in clinical research, this seminar is organized. Thrust areas of the seminar are: • Disease related biomarkers • Clinical drug development biomarkers • Novel biomarkers.