With the exception of molecules acquired through the lungs, skin absorption, or part of a medication regime, nearly all molecules in our bodies origin…

Nova is a software library for the reading, writing, and management of mass spectrometry data natively in the C# language. It complements similar software libraries ubiquitously used in application development for C++, Python, and Java. Few software libraries and resources for mass spectrometry data analysis have been developed for C# relative to other languages. C#, however, remains the dominant language of choice for development of real time mass spectrometry (RTMS) analysis and instrument control applications, illustrating the need for native C# libraries when developing RTMS software. Nova provides fast, easy-to-use structures and classes built upon interfaces that support open community standards, and are easily extensible for current or future mass spectrometry software development needs.

Migraine is a common neurological disorder in children, significantly impacting quality of life and academic performance. The kynurenine pathway, a major metabolic route of tryptophan, plays a critica...

Lipidomics, a subfield of metabolomics, provides comprehensive analysis of lipids in biological systems and is essential for biomedical research, driv…

Nature Metabolism - Discovery of metabolites prevails amid in-source fragmentation

The scale of mass spectrometry-based proteomics data sets continues to increase, and the analysis workflows are becoming more complex as various steps are carried out using a multitude of software programs developed by both commercial providers and the research community. Manually shepherding data across multiple programs and in-house-developed scripts can be error prone and labor intensive. It is also difficult for others to follow the same steps, leading to poor repeatability. We have developed an integrated data management and analysis platform termed MSConnect that enables simple and traceable processing workflows across multiple programs, thus improving repeatability and automating common backup and analysis steps from the point of data collection through summarization and visualization. The open nature of the MSConnect platform enables the diverse omics community to seamlessly integrate third-party tools or develop and automate their own unique workflows. With an open license and design architecture, MSConnect has the potential to become a community-driven platform serving a wide range of MS-based omics researchers.

Untargeted metabolomics often produce large datasets with missing values. These missing values are derived from biological or technical factors and can undermine statistical analyses and lead to biase...

Nature Protocols - In this reverse metabolomics protocol, a tandem mass spectrometry spectrum is used as a search term to probe public metabolomic data. Analysis of the metadata connected with...

Patients from the north of Israel who underwent cardiac CT were classified into two groups: Patients with coronary artery plaques (CAD group) and patients without artery plaques (control group). Un-t...

Scientific Reports - Modulating the human gut microbiome and health markers through kombucha consumption: a controlled clinical study

Background Streptomyces is a highly diverse genus known for the production of secondary or specialized metabolites with a wide range of applications in the medical and agricultural industries. Several...

Sleep disorders (SDs) are common in chronic liver diseases (CLDs). Some SDs arise from impaired internal clock and are hence circadian rhythm SDs (CRS…

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