Metabolites
One of the most common food additives in the world that can protect against botulism when added to canned food
What is citric acid
This scientist studied the human voice and sound and is widely known as the inventor of the first practical telephone
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
This unbiased analytical method allows us to detect metabolites in a highly reproducible manner
What is NMR
Has been to Alaska
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When the kidney is damaged or not filtering fluid properly, this metabolite will rise in concentration. The Glomerular Flow Rate (GFR) test can provide a quantitative measure of this metabolite's clearance.
What is creatinine
Two time Nobel prize winner who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. Discoverer of polonium and radium.
Who is Marie Curie
Olaris IP strategy includes patents, copyrights, trademarks and this... shhh
What is a trade secret?
Their favorite video game is Skyrim
Who is Nathalie
The most abundant amino acid in the body. It can be used as a supplement for people who are immunosuppressed due to its role as a nutrient for lymphocytes and cytokines. Is also taken as a supplement for intense athletes and sepsis patients
What is glutamine
Only woman among 7 physician founders of ASCO. Pioneered combination therapy regimens for cancer patients to reduce toxicity symptoms and also pioneered the use of human tissue culture techniques for understanding drug mechanisms on cancer cells.
Who is Jane C. Wright
Olaris aims to embed our BoR tests into clinical practice to improve outcomes. This criterion is used to assess the risk and benefit to patients and will be used alongside a test of clinical validity.
What is clinical utility
Was a post-doc at Northeastern University studying Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery
Who is Chandra
Peroxides, superoxide, hydroxyl radical and singlet oxygen are examples of this class of metabolites. Somewhat jokingly and somewhat truthfully, these metabolites are associated with nearly all disease mechanisms.
What are ROS
Identified and characterized many of the reactions within the citric acid cycle.
Who is Hans Adolf Krebs
What are key opinion leaders (KOLs)
Worked as a market assistant for Roche Pharmaceuticals for Avastin a medication used to treat patients with metastatic nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer.
Who is Chen
One of twenty canonical alpha-amino acids involved in ribosomal protein synthesis, this metabolite is the second most commonly occurring amino acid in proteins- ringing in at 7.8% of their primary structure!
This metabolite is involved in a catabolic cycle with glucose. This cycle is crucial for maintaining the body’s blood sugar balance as it allows glutamate and pyruvate to be removed from the muscle and taken to the liver for processing.
What is alanine
Considered one of the founders of modern epidemiology, this British doctor traced the origins of a cholera outbreak in 1854 to a contaminated water pump. Shares a name with a certain character in Game of Thrones
Who is John Snow
Through our QA/QC efforts to ensure accurate and normalized readings of samples, we look for this type of resonances
What are housekeeping resonances?
Was bitten by a penguin on the same day they were almost attacked by a seagull
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