Metabolomic Phenotyping for the Future of Personalized Medicine

Metabolomics is an emerging omics science that is rapidly gaining momentum in biomedical research because of its high potential in providing crucial information about the mechanisms underlying different phenotypes. Metabolomic Phenotyping for the Future of Personalized Medicine: Beyond the Biomarkers aims to provide critical analysis of the current state of the art and future prospects on the use of metabolomic phenotyping and profiling as a promising tool for the screening and diagnosis of human diseases, as well as a starting point for building personalized medicine approaches. The first section of the book presents the practical basics of metabolomics analysis, from sample collection to data analysis, presenting the entire workflow of a metabolomics experiment. This is crucial for proper framing of the second section of the book, which describes in depth the results obtained and goals set by metabolomics in major fields of medicine. The book concludes the discussion with an explanation of the international regulatory framework a researcher must navigate in order to conduct a metabolomics study in the medical field.