The study is a landmark success for a new field of science called metabolomics, which looks at how cells release chemicals during normal metabolism.

• 近年来有一种新型科学名叫新陈代谢学，是研究分子在普通的新陈代谢中如何释放化学物质的科学，而此次研究对于新陈代谢学来说跨时代的成功。