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GeneGo Is Awarded NCI Grant for Development of Systems Biology Database and Tools for Nutrition in Cancer in Collaboration with the FDA

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 General News
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ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Sept. 30 GeneGo Inc., a leadingprovider of databases, tools and services in systems biology, announced todaythat they were awarded with a Phase I SBIR grant from the National CancerInstitute (NCI) for the development of a platform for understanding theinfluence of nutrients on cancerogenesis and cancer prevention. GeneGo willcollaborate with FDA investigator, Jim Kaput Director of PersonalizedNutrition and Medicine, on the project. The new platform will include acomprehensive manually curated database on nutrition, an OMICs datarepository, advanced search and statistical modeling tools.
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"For the last 60 years, it has been well established that cancer andnutrition are intrinsically connected," said Yuri Nikolsky, CEO of GeneGo andthe grant's PI. "However, this knowledge is scattered in thousands of sources,which are difficult to annotate and categorize. We will assemble the firstspecialized database on the topic and develop automated tools for dataanalysis. The new platform will be primarily targeting healthcareprofessionals and nutritionists."
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About GeneGo, Inc.

GeneGo, Inc. develops systems biology technology such as compound basedpathway analysis, cheminformatics & bioinformatics software for life scienceresearch. The original computational MetaDiscovery(TM) platform allows anintegration and expert analysis of different kinds of experimental data (mRNAexpression, proteomics, metabolomics, microRNA assays and other phenotypicdata) and relevant bioactive chemistry (metabolites, drugs, other xenobiotics)within the framework of curated biological pathways and networks. GeneGo'sflagship product, MetaCore 5.0(TM), assists pharmaceutical scientists in theareas of target selection and validation, data mining in biology,identification of biomarkers for disease states and toxicology. The secondproduct, MetaDrug 5.0(TM) is designed for prediction of human metabolism,toxicity and biological effects for novel small molecules compounds.MetaBase(TM) represents the knowledge base for MetaCore.

For more information, please visit the company's web site athttp://www.genego.com.

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