Editorial: Biomarkers to evaluate rare diseases

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases: Launch Editorial

We wish to express our gratitude to the many colleagues who have agreed to serve as section editors for their specialties. To a considerable extent, the quality of the journal will depend on their commitment. The journal's editorial office is established at the Orphanet headquarters in Paris and supported by several major institutions including INSERM, the French Ministry of Health and the Euro...

Editorial: Biomarkers in CKD

Food Insecurity and Chronic Diseases: The Editorial

Editorial: Biomarkers in Drug Hypersensitivity

Editorial Biomarkers in Clinical Trials

In contemporary cardiovascular practice, the most common and useful applications of biomarkers focus on disease diagnosis, with troponins for myocardial infarction and natriuretic peptides for heart failure representing the most notable examples. Identification of additional cardiovascular diagnostic markers has proved challenging, however, because high quality studies for diagnostic indication...