title: Convergence of biomarkers, bioinformatics and nanotechnology for individualized cancer treatment.
abstract: Recent advances in biomarker discovery, biocomputing and nanotechnology have raised new opportunities in the emerging fields of personalized medicine (in which disease detection, diagnosis and therapy are tailored to each individual's molecular profile) and predictive medicine (in which genetic and molecular information is used to predict disease development, progression and clinical outcome). Here, we discuss advanced biocomputing tools for cancer biomarker discovery and multiplexed nanoparticle probes for cancer biomarker profiling, in addition to the prospects for and challenges involved in correlating biomolecular signatures with clinical outcome. This bio-nano-info convergence holds great promise for molecular diagnosis and individualized therapy of cancer and other human diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 313 Ferst Drive, UA Whitaker Building 4106, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Phan
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Moffitt
authors.forename: Todd H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Stokes
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Andrew N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Shuming
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.forename: May D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D024221:Antineoplastic Protocols; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy; D019295:Computational Biology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy; D051188:Knowledge Bases; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor