We expect the results of our study, made possible by support from the BrightFocus Foundation, to clearly demonstrate the clinical significance of microRNAs, which have been largely unstudied in AMD, as biomarkers of disease onset and progression, and as potential targets for nucleic acid - based therapies. (brightfocus.org)
Now at Wyeth, McKee is searching for biomarkers of disease progression or drug activity or toxicity. (sciencemag.org)
Co-researcher Dr Susan Francis, School of Physics, SPMIC added: «The team has a special interest in new types of functional MRI using novel targets like sodium as quantitative biomarkers of disease in the body, in particular in the kidney. (sciencedaily.com)