Abstract
Scientists and researchers are well and truly engrossed with the -omics. This year’s science series reflects the current fascination with the complexity of the human body and how, alongside the various technological advances that allow us to probe the genome and epigenome,1 the microbiome,2 the metabolome,3 or the lipidome,4 tantalising insights are being reported into our health and ill health.
The proteome adds to this interest, representing the complete package of proteins encoded by the genome of an organism at a given time. The analysis of the proteome — proteomics — reflects the ever increasing interest in looking at the real-time functional expression of the genome in order to seek out early biomarkers of disease and develop new therapeutic strategies to combat such diseases as a result. It is little wonder that proteomics is at the forefront of the -omics revolution.
The proteome adds to this interest, representing the complete package of proteins encoded by the genome of an organism at a given time. The analysis of the proteome — proteomics — reflects the ever increasing interest in looking at the real-time functional expression of the genome in order to seek out early biomarkers of disease and develop new therapeutic strategies to combat such diseases as a result. It is little wonder that proteomics is at the forefront of the -omics revolution.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Pharmaceutical Journal |
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| Publication status | Published - 2 Oct 2013 |