The identification of such biomarkers may help to assess drug efficacy and shorten the duration of clinical trials of SMA therapies. (smafoundation.org)
Developing such biomarkers to assess brain dysfunction will be a challenge, but in the same issue you draw attention to the excellent work of Abdul Hye and his colleagues who are developing a test to detect protein biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease in blood (p 5). (newscientist.com)
Such biomarkers raise the possibility of early diagnosis, since levels of certain compounds differ between healthy people and patients with NPC, even before the onset of symptoms. (sciencedaily.com)