Metabolic fingerprints offer fresh clues and a new path toward personalized medicine

Metabolic fingerprints offer fresh clues and a new path toward personalized medicine: "(Technische Universitaet Muenchen) Human metabolism proves to be as variable and individual as people's appearance or build -- despite nearly identical genetic inheritance. Better understanding of the differences could, for example, lead to more effective screening and treatment for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Pioneering 'metabolomics' as a path toward personalized medicine and nutrition, Munich area researchers have harnessed capabilities ranging from NMR and mass spectrometry to bioinformatics, all within a framework for conducting human studies."