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Nature 455, 697-700 (2 October 2008) | doi:10.1038/455697a; Published online 1 October 2008

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Metabolomics: Biochemistry's new look

Nathan Blow1

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Until now, metabolomics researchers have had to adapt technology developed mainly for proteomics. But there are now solutions designed with them in mind. Nathan Blow reports.

Metabolomics — the comprehensive study of metabolic reactions — is gaining ground alongside its older siblings genomics and proteomics. "Unlike some of the other 'omics' that we have seen, metabolomics is going to produce a lot of useful information right from the start," says Gary Siuzdak, professor of molecular biology at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.