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Applications of metabolomics
7 essential questions to ask before designing your (first) metabolomics project
To obtain optimal results from your metabolomics project you might want to answer these seven questions to increase your success.
Metabolite of the month – Spermidine
The metabolite of this month is spermidine, a biogenic amine with applications in cancer, neurology and hair research.
Pan-Cohort Metabolomics – The future of population health
Epidemiological research contributes greatly to our understanding of what constitutes healthy aging. Cohort studies hold the key to identifying risk factors for common diseases. Metabolomics is a valuable tool to make cohort studies successful.
Metabolite of the month – Cholic acid
The metabolite of this month is cholic acid, of the the bile acid class. Notorious for their role in digestion, they are also powerful regulators of metabolism.
Metabolite of the month – Arachidonic acid
The metabolite of this month is arachidonic acid, a polyunsaturated fatty acid at the crossroads between inflammation, athlete training and the latest COVID-19 research.
COVID-19 – Metabolomics prediction of long-term outcome
Those who recover from COVID-19, especially after severe cases, have experienced a great deal of pain and discomfort. However, because of potential multi-organ injuries that more closely resemble the situation after sepsis rather than recovery from an Influenza virus infection, COVID-19 survivors often experience long-term consequences of the infection.
COVID-19 Utility of animal models
The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted collaborative research efforts across the world. Thus far, the bulk of these efforts have been geared towards vaccine development and discovery of therapeutic strategies that mitigate disease severity.
Metabolomics and response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination
While vaccine development has been faster than for any previous emerging infectious disease, the next big challenge will be the logistics of producing and distributing hundreds of millions of doses.
Metabolic interaction of COVID-19 and metabolic diseases
It is well established that within the context of infectious diseases, both host and pathogen impact each other’s metabolism. Viral diseases, such as COVID-19, perfectly exemplify this, as the virus hijacks host cells in order to survive and replicate.
Metabolite of the month – Kynurenine
The metabolite of this month focuses on kynurenine, a tryptophan-derived metabolite at the crossroads between neurology, immunology and cancer.
Metabolite of the month – Carnitine
Metabolite of the month is your sneak peek into the world of metabolomics. This month we look at carnitine #loveyourmetabolites
Is Alzheimer’s a metabolic disease?
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has many facets. Metabolomics supports Alzheimer’s early diagnosis and research on the treatment of AD.
Therapy response monitoring in infectious diseases
Monitoring COVID-19 patient’s pathophysiology using metabolomics can lead to early detection of therapy response, opening an avenue to precision medicine.
Metabolomics and COVID-19
Monitoring COVID-19 patient’s pathophysiology might lead to early detection of therapy response, opening an avenue to precision medicine. Metabolomics is a tool to support these efforts.
Best practices for feces metabolomics
biocrates enables reproducible quantitative metabolomics in fecal samples. Understand the challenges associated with this matrix.
Webinar report – Metabolomics, Nutrition, Microbiome
“Metabolomics – between Nutrition, Microbiome, and Disease” demonstrates that metabolomics is a powerful tool to study host-microbiota-diet interactions
What urine can tell about the metabolome
Biocrates enables reproducible quantitative metabolomics in urine samples, a biofluid of choice for biomarker discovery in medicine and biology.