Publisher Summary In its simplest definition, a biomarker is anything that can be measured
to extract information about a biological state or process. The NIH Biomarkers Definitions …

The quest for biomarkers is as old as medicine itself. From the earliest days of diagnostic
medicine in ancient Egypt, to the misguided science of phrenology (the belief that skull …

Biomarkers are the essential tools for the implementation of personalized medicine. In
recent years, the ready availability of powerful tools to scan both the genome and the …