Chapter 5. Identification of Biomarkers for non-infectious disease
Abstract
Metabolomics: A Path Towards Personalized Medicine integrates
environmental factors of genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics,
providing a bridge to resolve gaps between fundamental science and
applications in clinical medicine and population health. The concept of
personalized medicine or precision medicine is of great interest in
biomedical research as it helps bring about new drug discovery and
biomarker identification. In addition, it helps clinicians prescribe the
right medicine to the right person with maximum efficacy and minimum
toxicity, allowing clinicians to further predict the susceptibility to
disease onset of vulnerable populations.The book is ideally suited for
researchers and postgraduate students who are interested in clinical and
non-clinical studies where metabolites are used for the identification
of disease and therapeutic targets.