TY - JOUR T1 - Testing challenges: evaluation of novel diagnostics and molecular biomarkers JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 68 LP - 73 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.9-1-68 VL - 9 IS - 1 AU - Ronald L Zimmern Y1 - 2009/02/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/1/68.abstract N2 - Through the lens of public health genomics, this article probes certain issues that concern the evaluation of diagnostic tests and molecular biomarkers, and the accompanying policy and regulatory implications. It begins with some conceptual remarks followed by a discussion of evaluation, translation, and regulation, and their importance for public health. ER -