Canadian Group Claims 'Unique' Database

摘要

No media splash greeted the completion of the Human Metabolome Project last week, although the sponsor boasts it is "the chemical equivalent of the Human Genome Project." The University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, announced that a small group of researchers with $7.5 million from the Canadian government has created a "comprehensive" database of human metabolites, calling it "the starting point for a new era in diagnosing and detecting diseases."