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The Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders hosted a workshop on February 26, 2007 that brought together key stakeholders to discuss the most promising and practical arenas in neuroscience in which biomarkers will have the greatest impact. The main objective of the workshop was to identify and discuss biomarker targets that are not currently being aggressively pursued but that could have the greatest near-term impact on the rate at which new treatments are brought forward for psychiatric and neurological disorders.
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Biomarkers, or biological markers, are quantitative measurements that offer researchers and clinicians valuable insight into diagnosis, treatment and prognosis for many disorders and diseases. A major goal in neuroscience medical research is establishing biomarkers for disorders of the nervous syste...
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The Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders organized a workshop on Neuroscience Biomarkers and Biosignatures: Converging Technologies, Emerging Partnerships, that was held on February 26, 2007.
The workshop brought together experts from multiple areas to discuss the most promising and practical arenas in neuroscience in which biomarkers will have the greatest impact. The main objective of the workshop was to identify and discuss biomarker targets that are not currently being aggressively pursued but that could have the greatest near-term impact on the rate at which new treatments are brought forward for psychiatric and neurological disorders.
Collaborators
Committee
Alan I. Leshner
Chair
Marc Barlow
Member
Dennis Choi
Member
Timothy Coetzee
Member
Thomas R. Insel
Member
Kathie L. Olsen
Member
William Z. Potter
Member
William H. Thies
Member
Roy E. Twyman
Member
Sponsors
Department of Health and Human Services
National Science Foundation
Other, Federal
Private: For Profit
Private: Non Profit
Staff
Clare Stroud
Lead
Major units and sub-units
Health and Medicine Division
Lead
Board on Health Sciences Policy
Lead