Guest editor’s editorial: BDQ Special Issue — “Liquid Biopsy & Next Generation Biomarkers”: Published in conjunction with the 9th Gene Quantification Event in Freising Weihenstephan, Germany www.qPCR-dPCR-NGS-2019.net

Michael W Pfaffl

doi:10.1016/j.bdq.2019.100086

Abstract

Guest editor’s editorial: BDQ Special Issue — “Liquid Biopsy & Next Generation Biomarkers”: Published in conjunction with the 9th Gene Quantification Event in Freising Weihenstephan, Germany www.qPCR-dPCR-NGS-2019.net

Highlights

I had the honour to edit another special issue in our young scientific journal ‘Biomolecular Detection and Quantification’
Special focus was made on liquid biopsies, micro-genomics, single-cells applications, or new matrices like extracellular vesicles for the development of advanced generation biomarkers
The biomarker development should aim in reproducible and valid biomarker signatures, which are capable of revealing specific biological traits in the probands or should highlight molecular changes, according to a disease status or pathological conditions [1]

Summary

Introduction

I had the honour to edit another special issue in our young scientific journal ‘Biomolecular Detection and Quantification’. It is entitled ‘Liquid Biopsy & Generation Biomarkers’, published in conjunction with 9th Gene Quantification Event (www.qPCR-dPCR-NGS-2019.net), and covering similar key topics. The methodological focus of the conference and the topics are all based on nucleic acids quantification methods and their applications in molecular research or clinical diagnostics.

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