Researchers Create A 'Google Map' Of The Human Metabolism

Never get lost in your own metabolic processes again! An international team of researchers has debuted what they're calling a "Google map" of the human metabolism -- the most expansive virtual model of human metabolism to date, called Recon 2. Metabolism, the blanket term for all the physical and chemical processes that your body employs to convert food into energy, plays an important role in health and disease. More comprehensive biological modeling of our metabolism can help us compute and pre...