This handbook describes many different types of biomarkers and their discovery. It also presents the background information needed for the evaluation of biomarkers as well as the essential procedures for their validation and use in clinical trials.

Provides uniformity of style and avoids duplications as only a single author book can

Written by a physician-scientist author who blends his clinical experience and scientific expertise in new technologies to provide a definitive account of biomarker research

Complete with a more up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of biomarkers than any other comparable work

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Professor K. K. Jain is trained in neurosurgery with specialist qualifications. He worked for 25 years in various academic positions and private practice worldwide mostly in Canada and the US. His clinical research interests during these years were use of lasers for microneurosurgery and hyperbaric oxygen. He has been involved in biotechnology since 1989, when he moved to Basel, Switzerland. He was elected a fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal Colleges of UK in 2000. He is the author of over 405 publications including 15 books and 48 special reports. Important books are Textbook of Gene Therapy, Textbook of Hyperbaric Medicine and Handbook of Nanomedicine. He is a member of editorial board of several journals and senior associate editor of MedLink Neurology (San Diego, California), a continuing education program for neurologists. Prof. Jain has been interested in integrating various biotechnologies to develop personalizedmedicine since 1997. He wrote the first report on personalized medicine, which was published in 1998 by Decision Resources Inc. The report titled Personalized Medicine: scientific and commercial aspects is continuously updated and published at Jain PharmaBiotech, Basel. He lectures and conducts workshops worldwide.

Inhalt
Technologies for Discovery of Biomarkers.- Biomarkers and Molecular Diagnostics.- Biomarkers for Drug Discovery and Development.- Role of Biomarkers in Health Care.- Biomarkers of Cancer.- Biomarkers of Disorders of the Nervous System.- Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disorders.- Biomarkers and Personalized Medicine.- Regulatory Issues.