Metabolomics and the Microbiome of Breasts

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Vast improvements in instrumentation opens the door to identify and quantify various biologic substances and heralds a new area of investigation. This process is called metabolomics. In the paper, cited below, the definition of the metabolomics is as follows: “Metabolomics is the global identification and quantification of a set of small molecules such as carbohydrates, … Read more

Complex Carbohydrates and Betaxym

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Complex Carbohydrates and Betaxym, A Novel Beta Glucan We have concentrated our attention on protein signalling for the work of cellular operation. However, there are 1000’s of carbohydrate or polysaccharide molecules that allow for vastly more molecular configurations than proteins.  We usually think carbohydrates merely supply glucose as a source of cellular energy and ignore … Read more