{"id":1680,"date":"2015-02-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2018\/02\/01\/innovation-anthology-663\/"},"modified":"2018-02-25T21:30:58","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T21:30:58","slug":"innovation-anthology-663","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2015\/02\/03\/innovation-anthology-663\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Anthology #663:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/innovationanthology.com\/uploads\/Innovation Anthology 663.mp3\">Download MP3 Link<\/a><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Trebuchet MS\";\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-unhide:no;\n\tmso-style-qformat:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0cm;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:none;\n\tmso-hyphenate:none;\n\tmso-layout-grid-align:none;\n\tpunctuation-wrap:simple;\n\ttext-autospace:none;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tmso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tmso-default-props:yes;\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\n\tmso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;\n\tmso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;\n\tmargin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;\n\tmso-header-margin:36.0pt;\n\tmso-footer-margin:36.0pt;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">DNA testing is useful in predicting disease<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>And now, metabolomics will do the same, but using biomarkers called metabolites.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">That&#8217;s why Genome Alberta and Genome Canada are partners in the research of Dr. David Wishart and the new Metabolomics Technology Demonstration Centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">The link is what David calls the &ldquo;omics&rdquo; field &ndash; genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">But there are important differences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:\nnormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\n&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">DR DAVID WISHART:<span style=\"color:black\"> <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:\n10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;color:black\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>The difference when we are looking at metabolite is we&#8217;re actually looking at the environment.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>whereas the DNA in your body is set at birth.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>And it turns out that most diseases aren&#8217;t<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>a result of your DNA.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>In some cases, it&#8217;s just the environment.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>A classic example is lung cancer.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>And so these are the things we&#8217;re trying to explore with metabolomics and also to come up with either better therapies or better ways of warning people that something bad could be happening, six months, six years from now. <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:\n9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;color:black\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;color:black\">Dr. Wishart says now that over 10,000 metabolites have been identified, the next step is developing inexpensive screening tests for disease.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; 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