biomarker
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Definition of biomarker
: a distinctive biological or biologically derived indicator (such as a metabolite) of a process, event, or condition (such as aging, disease, or oil formation)
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Finding this biomarker could also help develop treatments down the line, but the technology is still in its early stages. — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, "If You're Feeling Tired All the Time, You Might Have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome," 17 May 2019 Personalized medicine Medidata offers clients wearable sensors that help track patient health and biomarker analysis to select which patients may best respond to certain drugs. — Geraldine Amiel, Fortune, "Dassault Dives into Health Tech, Buying Medidata for $5.7 Billion," 7 May 2019 If trauma can trigger such epigenetic changes in people, the alterations could serve as biomarkers to identify individuals at greater risk for mental illness or other health problems—and as targets for interventions that might reverse that legacy. — Andrew Curry, Science | AAAS, "Parents’ emotional trauma may change their children’s biology. Studies in mice show how," 18 July 2019 An example that most people would be familiar with is cholesterol, which is a biomarker for heart disease. — Mike Peticca, cleveland.com, "National Alzheimer’s Association official optimistic about eventual cure," 10 June 2019 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, "The surprising reason polar bears need sea ice to survive," 1 Apr. 2019 Among the advances in battling Alzheimer’s and the other dementias is the ongoing progress in identifying biomarkers, which are indicators used to assess a person’s health. — Mike Peticca, cleveland.com, "National Alzheimer’s Association official optimistic about eventual cure," 10 June 2019 Exact Sciences makes Cologuard, a colorectal cancer diagnostic test that can be used at home to screen for DNA biomarkers in stool. — Scott Bauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "WEDC determines Exact Sciences doesn’t have to repay job creation tax credits," 18 June 2019 Evidence just doesn’t get any clearer than CBN biomarkers in a charred burner. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Oldest evidence of cannabis smoking found in ancient Chinese cemetery," 12 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'biomarker.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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biomarker
noun
bio·mark·er
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Medical Definition of biomarker
: a distinctive biological or biologically derived indicator (as a biochemical metabolite in the body) of a process, event, or condition (as aging, disease, or exposure to a toxic substance)
age-related biomarkers of disease and degenerative change— Janet Raloff