Clinical Metabolomics: Metabolites as Diagnostic Tools and the Potential for Novel Treatments—Martin Giera, PhD—Associate Professor at Leiden University
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2019
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Martin Giera is an associate professor at Leiden University researching clinical metabolomics, the study of metabolites and how they take part in biochemical processes. Ultimately, the goal is to gain a deeper understanding of human physiology and the physiological processes of specific diseases, which could open the door to novel treatments and diagnostic processes for cancer and other diseases which we don't currently understand.
Dr. Giera discusses a range of topics, including the role of the microbiome in metabolism, the Warburg effect, how the metabolic differences between different types of cancers indicate the need for personalized therapy for cancer, and what's on the horizon for him and his team in the coming months. Tune in for all the details.
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| 1:07.0 | health podcast. My guest today is Martin Giera. He is an associate professor at Leiden University. |
| 1:15.0 | We have been talking about his research into clinical metabolomics and some other stuff he does. |
| 1:21.0 | So Martin, thank you for coming. |
| 1:22.0 | Welcome, I appreciate it. Yeah, it sounds a little bit technical of what you work on, so |
| 1:27.3 | can you break it down basically what's the focus of your research? It actually is and that's a question many people ask. First, well what is |
| 1:36.5 | metabolomics? What are metabolites? Metabolites are small molecules. There is |
| 1:42.1 | tens of thousands of them in the human body, active ones, |
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