Richard Lord

Richard Lord Dr. Lord received his BS in Chemistry from Georgia State University and his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Texas in 1970. Postdoctoral and staff fellowships were completed at the Clayton Foundation Biochemical Institute (oligopeptide properties), the University of Arizona (insulin self-association), and the National Institutes of Health - Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases (human thyroid-binding globulin). He served as clinical laboratory director at Horizon Laboratories from 1974-1981, then, for the next eight years, Dr. Lord was Professor and Chairman in the Department of Chemistry for Life University where he was instrumental in the initiation and design of a BS degree in Nutritional Science. Dr. Lord joined Metametrix in 1989 and has been actively involved in the development of new testing methodologies and innovative laboratory report designs. In addition to co-authoring and editing the books, Laboratory Evaluations in Molecular Medicine and Laboratory Evaluations for Integrative and Functional Medicine, Dr. Lord also publishes technical articles, lectures live and via teleconferencing, and consults with health professionals regarding clinical applications of testing for metabolites and toxicants. Dr. Lord has participated in Think Tanks on Orthomolecular Medicine, Environmental Medicine and Autism.

Posts by Richard Lord

Laboratory Evaluations, toxins »

Glucaric Acid as a Marker of Phase I AND Phase II Stimulation
[2 Jul 2012 | 0 Comments]

A doctor inquired about glucaric acid, saying, “I don't quite get the bit about Phase I detoxification and glucarate.” He went on to lay out his basic understanding, “Glucuronidation is a Phase II process. The substrate is Uridine Diphosphate (UDP)-glucuronic acid and the enzymes are those of the UDP- glucuronosyltransferase family. Like all Phase II enzymes, it is inducible... [More]

amino acids, Laboratory Evaluations »

Should “Herpes Patients” Avoid Arginine?
[31 Oct 2011 | 4 Comments]

Ever since the free love movement of the '60s, stories about managing herpes lesions with arginine and lysine have circulated. We were recently chided for not being on-board with recommending low arginine diets for patients with chronic Herpes simplex lesions. So I decided to probe related literature for scientific evidence... [More]

Laboratory Evaluations »

Enzyme Polymorphism
[24 Oct 2011 | 2 Comments]

Understanding molecular medicine requires understanding how the molecules of the human body interact, and how their activities can be changed by nutrient supplementation... [More]

Laboratory Evaluations »

What is Molecular Medicine?
[20 Oct 2011 | 2 Comments]

What is meant by the term “Molecular Medicine” can change depending on the background of the user. How this term embodies a central principal in nutritional therapies is explained in this short video... [More]

Laboratory Evaluations »

New Roles for Clinical Laboratories
[17 Oct 2011 | 3 Comments]

The old role of clinical laboratories in defining disease is now expanded to testing that allows identification of paths to health—an exciting new capacity of routine clinical laboratory testing... [More]

organic acids »

Seeing Glutathione Status in Organic Acid Results
[20 May 2011 | 3 Comments]

Glutathione status is one of the most needed, but elusive clinical assessments. Becoming expert in reading the markers related to glutathione physiology in a profile of organic acids can shed considerable light on the question... [More]

organic acids »

A Simple Experiment to Defeat Autism
[4 Apr 2011 | 2 Comments]

There is an experiment that I would like to do. It’s very simple. Have parents collect urine specimens from their children 10 days after they are immunized or 10 days after their 1- to 2-year-old child’s temperature peaks from a viral infection. Send 5000 such samples to a laboratory for... [More]