What is metabolomics?

What is metabolomics? Metabolomics is one of the ‘-omics’ sciences. Of the ‘-omics’ sciences – genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics – it is the only -omics science which directly reflects the underlying state of cells and tissues and their biochemical activity [1]. It has been used to help the diagnosis of metabolic diseases and congenital metabolic disorders [2]. Advances in the field over the past decade have vastly extended the scope of metabolomic applications. New technologies and workflows are helping to make metabolomics a powerful tool for the identification of disease pathologies and for the discovery of new therapeutic targets...