Metabolomics & Systems Biology

Metabolomics in Precision Medicine

Precision medicine is developing as a strategy to alter medical treatment to a small group or even discrete patients based on their genetics, environment and lifestyle. The increasing advance in metabolomics technology identifies the enormous potential of its application in personalized medicine. Merging metabolomics with genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics studies will result in a significantly improved understanding of the disease mechanisms and the pathophysiology of the target clinical phenotype. The final goal of personalized medicine is to enable clinicians to prescribe the right medicine to the right patient at the right time with maximum efficacy and minimal toxicity.