Anatoly V Skalny
Trace Element Institute for UNESCO, Lyon, France
Title: Bioelementology – A possible basis for personalized medicine development
Biography
Biography: Anatoly V Skalny
Abstract
Chemical elements are the structural basis of all living organisms. At the same time, chemical elements and their organic and inorganic compounds exist in the human organism not as inert and independent units. Th erefore, a term “bioelement†was proposed earlier. Bioelement is not a single chemical element (atom) inside a large molecule, but a temporarily formed biocomplex where the element is bound to an organic molecule with a specifi c biological function. In particular, certain chemical element is a physicochemical unit whereas bioelement is a precursor of biological unit. Consequently, clinical medicine aims at analysis of bioelements rather than chemical elements alone. Taking into account the fact that bioelementology is an integrative science that includes the knowledge on bioorganic chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, biochemistry and biophysics, molecular biology, medicine and other parts of life sciences, analysis of bioelemental status of the human organism may provide more essential information on the condition of the human organism than chemical analysis of metals and other compounds in human biosamples alone. Finally, this results in the formation of a complex metabolic profi le of the organism. Th e availability and the use of such information may help the physician to successfully correct the disturbed metabolic pathways in the human organism and fi nally increase the effi ciency of treatment. Th erefore, it can be proposed that bioelementology is not just a tool in a large arsenal of the physician but a basis for personalized medicine