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Metabolomics: Small molecules, single cells

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Sensitive mass spectrometry and innovative cell-sampling techniques allow researchers to profile metabolites in single cells, but the field is still in its infancy.

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    An earlier version of this article erroneously stated that Matthias Heinemann was a former postdoc in Renato Zenobi’s lab and that his background was in analytical chemistry.

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