How to Use biomarker in a Sentence

biomarker

noun
  • And the stronger the biomarkers, the more porous the endplates and the more sensitive the spine.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • One of the key biomarkers is the amyloid protein, found in plaques.
    The Conversation, oregonlive.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • And then after six weeks to two months, recheck your biomarkers.
    Will Stone, NPR, 14 June 2024
  • The work pointed to a biomarker of suicide risk in people with PTSD.
    Emily Underwood, Science | AAAS, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The researchers found that the biomarkers and brain scans backed up their new diagnoses.
    Linda Carroll, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2019
  • In fact, researchers weren’t even sure whether the level of the biomarker in the blood even correlates with levels in the brain.
    Max G. Levy, Wired, 21 Oct. 2021
  • The hope is that one day CTE could be detected in the living through biomarkers in the blood, urine or saliva..
    Kent Somers, azcentral, 6 June 2018
  • The new biomarker test can help physicians decide when to transfer patients to the ICU and the type of treatment to be used.
    Julie Washington, cleveland, 11 May 2021
  • Fox and Sherer had been searching for a biomarker for the condition for over a decade.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The sensor sends the biomarker data to the smartphone app via Bluetooth on a minute-by-minute basis.
    Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The search for long Covid treatments has been stymied by the lack of a biomarker, something that doctors can test for or measure.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 26 May 2023
  • Could the same protein serve as a biomarker for vestibular migraine?
    Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Could a biomarker present at birth predict babies at high risk?
    Erin Prater, Fortune, 15 May 2022
  • And if that biomarker were also a factor in causing it, researchers might glean some new ways to treat the disease.
    Melissa Healy, latimes.com, 3 May 2018
  • Everything about their bodies were tracked, their blood, all sorts of biomarkers were tracked.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
  • Topalian, 30, was among the first patients to use biomarker testing when she was first diagnosed with leukemia at age four.
    Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2024
  • There, the focus was on the molecule as a potential biomarker for a range of diseases.
    Stephen S. Hall, Science | AAAS, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Using conventional blood draws, the team tracked changes in the levels of each biomarker.
    Max G. Levy, Wired, 21 Oct. 2021
  • One new test called HrC checks for stem cells that hold a biomarker for cancer and is being tested in some hospitals in the UK.
    Men's Health, 17 May 2023
  • Those who manifest Alzheimer’s symptoms can be followed through the course of the disease, and changes in biomarkers noted along with the progress of symptoms.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2019
  • There are some limits: biomarker testing couldn't be used for screening alone.
    Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Joyce pushed the need to find a biomarker that might identify people who have a disposition to CTE.
    Kent Somers, USA TODAY, 24 June 2017
  • Witwer thinks that the signal of exRNA could also prove useful to physicians as a biomarker of disease.
    Roxanne Khamsi, Scientific American, 17 June 2020
  • Then Brown and his team looked for this chemical, called IP25, as a biomarker of sea-ice algae’s presence in polar bears.
    National Geographic, 1 Apr. 2019
  • But biomarkers are not the same as symptoms, so the risk is that costly new drugs will be approved that do not actually work.
    The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
  • In addition, the study found a biomarker that predicts whether tumor cells will enter the bloodstream.
    Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 May 2017
  • By detecting biomarkers that suggest the buildup of amyloid beta protein, which leads to plaque buildups in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.
    Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2018
  • One obvious contender for a biomarker would be the presence of oxygen.
    Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Some cancers have biomarkers that can be targeted by existing drugs that will slow a tumor's growth.
    Will Weissert and Carla K. Johnson The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Your health 🧑 New guidance: Doctors are being asked to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease based on biomarkers rather than pen-and-paper memory tests.
    Daniel Wine, CNN, 1 July 2024

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