Ann Arbor, Mich. (March 26, 2009) Compendia Bioscience announces the release of Oncomine Concepts Edition version 4.0, the latest incarnation of the companys flagship product. Since its inception at the University of Michigan, Oncomine has been rapidly adopted by drug discovery and development organizations looking to improve results of cancer drug development efforts. This new version of Oncomine features an improved user-interface and new export function that allows results sharing.
Cancer researchers and drug developers have made Oncomine the industry-standard, with 15 of the top 20 cancer research companies using this product for interactive access and in-depth analysis of curated cancer genomics data. Oncomine has led to several major cancer research discoveries such as the presence of gene fusions in the majority of prostate cancers (Cancer Cell,Volume 13 Issue 6: June 2008.Nature, Aug 2 2007).
While improved user experience was the driving force in Oncomine Concepts Edition 4.0, the entire Oncomine database was also scrutinized in an effort to standardize and catalog all data points. Oncomine Research Edition 4.0 will be released in the later part of 2009.
