THOMSON REUTERS ENHANCES METACORE SOLUTION WITH VALIDATED BIOMARKER DATA
Philadelphia, PA, London, UK, May 03, 2011 — Thomson Reuters today announced that it is to offer access to its validated biomarker content within MetaCore™, the company’s pathway analysis and biomarker discovery solution. The announcement marks a further step forward in providing the life sciences industry with unparalleled resources for biomarker discovery and development.
The enhanced access will provide users of MetaCore with additional gene and biomarker data including biomarker name, type and role as well as gene name within their search results. The additional data is drawn from Thomson Reuters IntegritySM, the industry’s largest source of validated biomarker data, with more than 7,000 biomarkers and 200,000 related uses. The development will provide deeper insight into potential biomarkers identified in MetaCore, including previous utility, extent of research already performed and level of confidence in that biomarker.
“Biomarkers are playing an increasingly important role in the development of new drugs and treatments,” said Jon Brett-Harris, executive vice president, Thomson Reuters. “This latest addition to MetaCore marks the first step towards a comprehensive solution for biomarker discovery, hypothesis testing and validation, enabling scientists to go from basic ‘omics’ data to biomarker insight in hours.”
Inclusion of the biomarkers data in MetaCore will strengthen its appeal among scientists and researchers working in translational medicine, or involved in the identification of biomarkers for use in internal decision making for early research and development projects.
MetaCore is an integrated solution and software suite for pathway analysis of experimental data and gene lists. The solution enables scientists to discover and hypothesize on potential new biomarkers, either through pathway exploration or through the interpretation of experimentally derived ‘omics’ data.
Thomson Reuters Integrity integrates biology, chemistry and pharmacology data on more than 340,000 compounds with demonstrated biological activity and almost 160,000 patent family records providing researchers with reliable, detailed information across multiple disciplines.
The life sciences business of Thomson Reuters works closely with the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and academic research communities to deliver solutions that provide a better understanding of the underlying mechanism of disease and potential therapies.
For more information about MetaCore, please visit: http://www.genego.com/metacore.php
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NOVUS BIOLOGICALS ANNOUNCES RELATIONSHIP WITH GENEGO
Novus Biologicals and GeneGo, a Thomson Reuters business, have partnered to bring useful resources to bioscience researchers. Novus' antibody catalog, which represents 10,000+ proteins, is now overlaid with 800+ molecular pathways in GeneGo's MetaCoreT™ and MetaDrug™ software suites.
Each MetaCore™ pathway map allows researchers to overlay their data and zoom in on specific genes, proteins and interactions. By targeting specific pathway items of interest, researchers can then click through to Novus’ catalog to view gene-specific and protein-specific products. The MetaDrug™ application helps researchers during the drug development process. MetaDrug™ allows researchers to investigate the bioactivity of small molecules, to predict human metabolites, to understand systems pharmacology, and to work on drug target prediction and toxicity analyses.
In addition to this new partnership with GeneGo, Novus also provides a bioinformatics tool on their website called the Novus Explorer. The Novus Explorer was designed to facilitate scientific exploration of related genes, diseases and pathways based on co-citations in scientific publications. Researchers may type in their gene, disease or pathway of interest and view relationships with other genes, diseases and pathways. The Novus Explorer is powered by BEA under license from Biovista.
Visit www.GeneGo.com to jump start your research and use these pathway relationships to find reagents from the Novus antibody catalog.
About Novus Biologicals (www.novusbio.com)
Novus Biologicals is a biotechnology company whose mission is to accelerate scientific discovery by developing and marketing unique products in the forefront of science. Novus Biologicals provides primary antibodies, secondary antibodies, conjugated antibodies, proteins, peptides, isotype and loading controls, RNAi, lysates, stem cell lines and antibody labeling kits to the bioscience community. All of Novus' products are 100% guaranteed to work in the species and applications listed on the datasheet. By serving niche and emerging markets, Novus Biologicals has formed and will continue to form ongoing partnerships with leading researchers.
