Causes Of Disease Can Be Revealed By Metabolic Fingerprinting
Friday, May 2, 2008 - 08:35
in Health & Medicine
Your metabolic 'fingerprint' can reveal much about the possible causes of major diseases, according to the first 'metabolome-wide' association study ever carried out. The study provides new insights into the possible causes of high blood pressure, a leading cause of heart disease and stroke, by analysing the metabolic fingerprints of 4,630 adults in the UK, USA, China and Japan, from their urine samples.