Why Isolate Lipids from Biological Samples? Making Lipidomics by Mass Spectrometry the Standard
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The metabolome is an important class of molecules to study as it can lend insight into the health and well-being of an organism and the causative elements associated with disease. It integrates the effects of our genes with the impact of our environment by being the product of both internal factors (our genome and proteome) and external factors (our lifestyle and our environment). In addition, the metabolome is extremely dynamic and always changing. By identifying and quantifying changes in specific metabolites, any changes that are observed can be mapped back to specific pathways for detailed interpretation. Thus, quantitative analysis of the metabolome can provide important information that can help predict the onset of a disease or disorder or characterise its progression.
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