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Metabolomics is a field of research that focuses on the chemical processes undergone by metabolites. It involves the use of sophisticated analytical technologies to identify and quantify cellular metabolites, in addition to the extraction of relevant information so that the data can be interpreted and applied in a practical setting.

AI Brings Brain Metabolism to Life in 3D with MetaVision3D

The MetaVision3D tool transforms 2D tissue sections into 3D brain metabolome models, offering critical insights into metabolism and neurological diseases.

31 Mar 2025

High-Throughput Method Reveals the Effects of Active Substances on Cellular Metabolism

Researchers at the University of Basel are able to test in parallel the effects of over 1500 active substances on cell metabolism.

29 Jan 2025

Study Reveals How Gut Bacteria and the Body Regulate Bile Acids

Our gut is a bustling hub of activity, home to trillions of microbes that work together with our bodies to keep us healthy.

15 Jan 2025

Innovative Insights into the Interplay Between Proteins and Small Molecules

With the support of a Maximizing Investigators' Research Award, or MIRA, from the National Institutes of Health, Michigan State University researcher Aleksandra Skirycz is making fundamental discoveries linked to the health and resilience of plants and animals.

4 Nov 2024

Exploring Drug-Microbiome Interactions in Complex Bacterial Communities

Many human medications can directly inhibit the growth and alter the function of the bacteria that constitute our gut microbiome.

25 Sep 2024

A Computational Toolkit for Large-Scale Metabolomics Analysis

A computational workflow for analyzing massive data sets in metabolomics, the study of tiny chemicals found within cells, biofluids, tissues, and entire ecosystems has been developed by a research team led by experts at the University of California, Riverside.

23 Sep 2024

Harnessing the Power of Beneficial Bacteria to Fight Enterobacteriaceae

Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections often occur in patients with chronic inflammatory intestinal conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease, and in patients who have taken antibiotics for a long time. Gram-negative bacteria such as Enterobacteriaceae are a common cause of these infections and have few treatment options. Fecal microbiota transplants have shown promise to curb some of these infections, but their composition varies between batches and they aren't always successful.

23 Sep 2024

Comprehensive multi-omics approach reveals detailed insights into diabetes mechanisms

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers utilized a comprehensive multi-omics approach, integrating genomic, proteomic, and metabolomic data from a diverse cohort, to uncover detailed molecular interactions and identify distinct diabetes subgroups.

20 Sep 2024

A Powerful New Tool for Biomedical Research

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar (WCM-Q) have built a comprehensive molecular map of the human body and its complicated physiological processes by analyzing thousands of molecules found in 391 volunteers' blood, urine, and saliva samples.

12 Sep 2024

New AI Tool Deciphers Cellular Metabolism

Biology depends on humans' ability to comprehend metabolism, the process by which cells use resources and create energy.

2 Sep 2024

Illuminating Plant Defense Mechanisms Through Light-Activated Ion Channels

When it comes to survival, plants have a huge disadvantage compared to many other living organisms: they cannot simply change their location if predators or pathogens attack them or the environmental conditions change to their disadvantage.

29 Aug 2024

The Role of Chemical Proteomics in Understanding Small Molecule-Protein Interactions

The various chemical proteomics methods with relevant examples.

31 Jul 2024

Study Shows the Impact of Exposome on Serum Metabolites in Children

The combined effect of environmental exposures and unhealthy lifestyle habits can affect children's cardiometabolic health in a way that exceeds their separate effects.

24 Jul 2024

Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors: Transforming Drug Development and Clinical Diagnostics

The latest developments in SPR-based biosensors and their applications in drug discovery.

15 Jul 2024

Harnessing Proteomics For Food Safety: Allergen Profiling and Food Authenticity Verification

The proteomics-based strategies used to profile food allergies and authenticate food products.

10 Jul 2024

Brain Organoids Emerge as Powerful Tool for Drug Discovery in Mitochondrial Disease

The use of brain organoids in screening for drugs against mitochondrial diseases, which have hitherto presented challenges in treatment.

4 Jun 2024

Study Reveals How Sweet Taste Receptor Regulates Blood Sugar and Insulin

The rich research portfolio of the Monell Chemical Senses Center on sweet taste goes way back: Monell scientists were one of four teams in 2001 that found and described the mammalian sweet taste receptor – TAS1R2-TAS1R3.

20 May 2024

Unlocking Glucose-Driven Mechanisms of Immunosuppression in Glioblastoma

The Wistar Institute assistant professor Filippo Veglia, Ph.D., and team, have discovered a key mechanism of how glioblastoma -; a serious and often fatal brain cancer -; suppresses the immune system so that the tumor can grow unimpeded by the body's defenses.

6 May 2024

Blood-Based Markers Unveil Secrets of Biological Aging

University of Pittsburgh researchers have uncovered blood-based markers linked with healthy and rapid aging, allowing them to predict a person's biological age -; how fast a person's cells and organs age regardless of their birthdate.

11 Mar 2024

The Incredible Impact of Mass Spectrometry on Brain Imaging

Researchers Jonathan Sweedler, a professor of chemistry, and Fan Lam, a professor of bioengineering, at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, described how spatial omics technologies can unveil the molecular complexity of the brain at various scales.

6 Mar 2024