Biological Rhythms in Laboratory Medicine
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Laboratory Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 15
Special Issue Editors
2. Centre for Complex Systems (C3), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
Interests: data analysis; big data; biological rhythms; physiology regulation
Interests: microRNA; laboratory quality control; spectrometry; allergic diseases; pharmacogenomics; data analysis; clinical biochemistry; applied artificial intelligence; laboratory medicine; big data; biological rhythms; physiology regulation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Physiology is regulated by dynamic processes, both rhythmic—such as daily or weekly cycles—and non-rhythmic. Rhythmic factors are not typically considered in laboratory medicine; however, the growing prominence of chronobiology, through the study of biological timing and its influence on patient health, is now being integrated into hospital protocols to better address the physiology and pathophysiology of populations. Focusing on biological rhythms enables the incorporation of time as a key factor in laboratory medicine, offering significant potential as a predictive tool for pathology. I would like to invite outstanding researchers to contribute their excellent studies to this Special Issue. The targeted articles include, but are not limited to, research related to laboratory medicine—ranging from genomic studies, clinical chemistry, immunology, and hematology to the analysis of biological rhythms in biomarkers. I believe that this broad collection of research will highlight our current understanding and the utility of this field.
Dr. Rubén Fossión
Dr. Fernando Marques-Garcia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biological rhythms
- laboratory medicine
- biomarkers
- physiology
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