(ISSN 2577-5790)
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Special Issue
New Advances in Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics
Submission Deadline: November 30, 2025 (Open) Submit Now
Guest Editor
Giuseppe Merra, MD, PhD, MS, FEFIM, FRSM
Section of Clinical Nutrition and Nutrigenomics, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
Research interests: Gastroenterology; internal medicine; nutrition; nutrigenomics
About This Topic
Since the turning of the century, there has been a rising interest among researchers and funders in investigating the genetic variability around candidate genes and SNP-based technologies, especially after the release of the first comprehensive pattern of common genetic variation of the human genome and key publications about phenotypic variation related to diet and nutrition. This triggered new viewing aspects and increased funding flow. Although the number of genetic reports concerning gene-diet interactions is scarce compared to other genomics applications, exclusive web-based databases have been constructed to guide users with interests in the identification, distribution, and combinatory analysis of the full spectrum of published data. A modest list of gene interaction studies, including two independent reports, enhances the continuum of research and also supports the importance of using multiple orthogonal platforms to identify genes and assess environmental effects in larger populations. To come forth, the nutrigenomic studies rely on the advances in genome research such as those made on both DNA technology and microarray technology. The starting of the second millennium was marked by two relevant milestones in the field of technology applied to the studies of genomics and proteomics. The marked advances are exemplified by the successes obtained by previous researchers by having deciphered the human genome sequence and by the improvement of a set of techniques allowing one to measure gene expression at an unprecedented (very high) level. The study of genetics and pattern of gene expression has a direct impact of interest for molecular biology. One of the major challenges for molecular genetics of the next 20 years is to decipher what lies behind the causal genes differences that make each of us unique.
Keywords
Nutrition; nutrigenetics; nutrigenomics; microbiome
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The Intersection of Nutrigenetics, Nutrigenomics, and the Microbiome in Human HealthAbstract EditorialThe Intersection of Nutrigenetics, Nutrigenomics, and the Microbiome in Human HealthGiuseppe Merra *Section of Clinical Nutrition and Nutrigenomics, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Univer [...] |
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