Special Issue "Biomarkers"

Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Robert Bowser
Center of ALS Research, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, BST S-420, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Website: http://path.upmc.edu/cmp/fac05.htm
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Dear Colleagues,

The expanding field of biomarkers continues to play important roles in the healthcare industry, basics sciences, and the pharmaceutical industry. Biomarkers are changing the way in which we diagnose and classify disease, as well as providing a means to monitor disease progression or the effects of therapy. In addition, biomarkers are providing new insights into mechanisms of disease and new therapeutic targets. Biomarkers may be any quantitative measure of cellular, biochemical, or genetic alteration that occurs in a physiologic condition. While genomic and proteomic biomarkers have been at the forefront for the past number of years, recent technologic advancements have enabled the development of additional metabolic and peptide based biomarkers to the study of disease states. However it is crucial to demonstrate clinical validation of the biomarker before determining the clinical utility of any biomarker or panel of biomarkers. This special issue on biomarkers for the International Journal of Molecular Sciences will highlight recent advancements in biomarker discovery efforts and their clinical utility.

Prof. Dr. Robert Bowser
Guest Editor

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Submission

All manuscripts should be submitted to ijms@mdpi.org with a copy to the Guest Editor. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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• proteomics
• genomics
• metabolomics
• peptidomics
• mass spectrometry
• bioinformatics
• microarray
• 2D gel electrophoresis