Samiul Umansky
DiamiR LLC, USA
Title: Circulating organ-enriched microRNAs as biomarkers of pathology
Biography
Biography: Samiul Umansky
Abstract
Early detection is crucial for effective treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, cancer and other pathologies, progression of which frequently leads to irreversible changes in underlying pathophysiological processes. DiamiR has proposed a framework for developing a Universal Screening Test (UST) for detection of a pathology based on analysis of circulating organ-enriched microRNAs. Results of the proof-of-principle studies using three organ systems - gastrointestinal, pulmonary, and neurological - will be presented. Potential applications, future studies for accelerated UST development and step-by-step implementation will be discussed.