Human Reconstruction 2. What images does that title conjure up in your mind? Frankenstein is one possibility (he was sewn together or 'reconstructed' from dead body parts). But no, guess again. Surgery? Wax museums? Dolly Parton and Michael Jackson?While the title may paint a mental picture of scalpels and sutures, the project itself is somewhat more tame (while just as ambitious as building a monster out of corpses).
Mapping human metabolism has the potential to revolutionize medicine the way Google Maps revolutionized vacation planning. But, back up a sec... what is metabolism?
