PORTLAND, Ore., July 9, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Znomics, Inc. (OTCBB:ZNOM), a pioneer in the development of the zebrafish as a vertebrate genetic platform to accelerate drug discovery, announced today a collaborative research program with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and Thomas Scanlan, Ph.D., Director of its Chemical Biology Program, to design and develop pre-clinical compounds to treat diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and inflammatory bowel syndrome.