The primary type of research carried out in the Center is human investigation. Researchers are recruited into the Center who are committed to investigations in human beings. This holds for both M.D.s and Ph.Ds.
Some researchers do studies directly on patients.
These studies include identification of disease markers, testing of special diets, and testing of new drugs. The Center specializes in sophisticated methodology for its clinical investigation. Other researchers in the Center study samples taken from patients. Various metabolic and genetic constituents are isolated from samples identified and measured. The results of clinical studies and basic analyses make it possible for Center investigators to gain new insights about disease causation and about how to prevent disease or to manage disease if it is already clinically manifested.