Metabolon Research into Dietary Leucine Published in PLoS One

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Metabolon, Inc., the leader in metabolomics, biomarker discovery and biochemical analysis, announced today the publication of “Dietary Leucine - An Environmental Modifier of Insulin Resistance Acting on Multiple Levels of Metabolism” in PLoS One (PLoS ONE 6(6): e21187.doi:10.1371/journal.pone. 0021187). Non-targeted biochemical profiling (metabolomics) provided insight into the biochemical mechanisms of leucine’s effects on metabolism. The study was carried out by lead investigator C. Ron Kahn, M.D. and colleagues at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School and Metabolon.

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