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Review
. 2019 Nov 27;20(6):1957-1971.
doi: 10.1093/bib/bbx170.

Metabolomics technology and bioinformatics for precision medicine

Rajeev K Azad, Vladimir Shulaev
Review

Metabolomics technology and bioinformatics for precision medicine

Rajeev K Azad et al. Brief Bioinform. .

Abstract

Precision medicine is rapidly emerging as a strategy to tailor medical treatment to a small group or even individual patients based on their genetics, environment and lifestyle. Precision medicine relies heavily on developments in systems biology and omics disciplines, including metabolomics. Combination of metabolomics with sophisticated bioinformatics analysis and mathematical modeling has an extreme power to provide a metabolic snapshot of the patient over the course of disease and treatment or classifying patients into subpopulations and subgroups requiring individual medical treatment. Although a powerful approach, metabolomics have certain limitations in technology and bioinformatics. We will review various aspects of metabolomics technology and bioinformatics, from data generation, bioinformatics analysis, data fusion and mathematical modeling to data management, in the context of precision medicine.

Keywords: GC-MS; LC-MS; NMR; bioinformatics; mass spectrometry; metabolite profiling; metabolomics; precision medicine.

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