The phrase "are needed to highlight" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the necessity of certain elements or actions to emphasize or draw attention to something.
Example: "In this report, specific data points are needed to highlight the trends we have observed over the past year."
Alternatives: "are essential to emphasize" or "are required to underscore".
More basic researches are needed to highlight its role as supplement in clinical treatment.
However, further studies are needed to highlight the significance of our findings and to specify which signaling pathways are involved in the LEF1/TCF4 function.
Additional studies are needed to highlight similarities and differences in the exposure-response relationship of patterns and timing of sunlight exposure with BCC and SCC.
More rigorous case studies are needed to highlight successful and unsuccessful approaches to enhancing organizational capacity and improving institutions, and refine recommendations.
We did not observe any association between insulin resistance and FDFT1 variant; although this may suggest that this gene variant predisposes to liver damage independent of insulin resistance, studies using state-of-the-art techniques are needed to highlight this point.
University-wide surveys are needed to highlight Khat chewing patterns and different risk factors that may contribute to adoption of the habit among Saudi youngsters, comparing students of different sexes, majors, and school education years.
Deciding a drastic event was needed to highlight his cause, he assigned Ms. Lebrón to lead it, making her responsible for every detail.
If ever proof was needed to highlight the current disparity between east and west, one need look no further than Saudi Arabia's $60bn arms deal currently winding its way through the US Congress.
Mirza said this further confirmed the findings of the earlier workshops: "This survey was needed to highlight some of the deep-seated cultural issues we have, and importantly to provide an evidence base for such issues.
An overview of this important topic is needed to highlight current advances and provide a clear understanding of the ultimate goal in CSD research — develop a graft for clinical use that effectively treats the orthopedic conundrum of segmental bone loss.
The hypothetical and abstracted (see §2) nature of the contract is needed to highlight the relevant features of the parties to show what reasons they have.
