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Professor

at UT Southwestern University

Dr. Dwight German is a professor in the neuroscience division in the Department of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Dwight has over 40 years of research experience involving neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. His laboratory has been involved with blood biomarker development for the past several years, and they have developed a blood biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease (O’Bryant et al., 2014). In collaboration with Dr. Laura Hewitson at the Johnson Center for Child Health and Development in Austin, TX, he discovered a blood biomarker for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This panel of 12 proteins has 87% accuracy for the identification of ASD in boys.

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Blood biomarkers

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Autism Diagnosis and Proteomics: Are Blood-Based Biomarkers Within Reach?

Proteomics is emerging as a promising approach for identifying autism biomarkers by detecting protein-level changes linked to the condition. Studies have identified diagnostic protein panels with high accuracy, supported by machine learning.