According to the National Cancer Institute a biomarker is “a biological molecule found in blood, other body fluids or tissues that is a sign of a normal or abnormal process or of a condition or disease” (NCI) such as cancer.
Biomarkers typically differentiate an affected patient from a person without the disease. There is tremendous variety of biomarkers which can include:
A biomarker can also be a collection of alterations such as gene expression, proteomic, and metabolomic signatures.
Biomarkers can be detected in the circulation (whole blood, serum, or plasma) or excretions or secretions (stool, urine, sputum, or nipple discharge) and thus easily assessed non-invasively and serially. Biomarkers can also be tissue-derived and require either biopsy or special imaging for evaluation.
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Biomarkers have many potential applications in oncology including:
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An amazing show of public support for UBC disease researcher Dr. Horciao Bach, who has started his COVID-19 antibody development project. Dr. Horacio Bach is one of BioMark’s scientific advisors and is expert on antibody engineering. He has received…
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Vancouver, British Columbia – (August 19th, 2019) – BioMark Diagnostics Inc. (“BioMark”) (CSE: BUX) (FSE: 20B) (OTCMKTS: BMKDF) is pleased to announce that the article “Liquid Biopsy in Lung Cancer Screening: The Contribution of Metabolomics. Results of A Pilot Study” will be on cover of Cancers. Rashid Ahmed, President and CEO, says, “This latest paper that was published a few days ago paper has been selected by the editors of…
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Vancouver, British Columbia – (June 23 , 2020) – BioMark Diagnostics Inc. (“BioMark”) (CSE: BUX) (FSE: 20B) (OTCMKTS: BMKDF), a developer of proprietary, non-invasive, and accurate cancer diagnostic solutions to assist in detecting, monitoring and assessing treatment for cancer early and cost effectively, announced today a peer reviewed scientific publication to support its innovative cancer diagnostic platform that repurposes a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) off patent drug for a new application. BioMark’s team recently published an article titled “Versatility of Amantadine and Rimantadine for Detection of Cancer” […]
BioMark has been over the years, funded by various government agencies and Foundation including NRC IRAP, NRC Engage, Genome BC, Government of Manitoba and DFAIT Canada for various projects with active collaboration at University of British Columbia, University of Manitoba, University of Victoria, University of Waterloo, and University of Alberta. Now BioMark is collaborating with Bio banks across Canada and United States to expand our metabolomics study.