Genetic Information Gathering System (GIGS): A New Meta-search Network Tool

The Genetic Information Gathering System is a new database created to bring together medical and Biological information. This search tool allows users to query a disease and receive information on the disease genotype and phenotype, plus associated images, potential drug treatments and more. The dat...

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Published in2009 10th International Symposium on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms, and Networks pp. 369 - 372
Main Authors Sturm, A., McMunn-Coffran, C., Hsu, D.F., Kuan-Tsae Huang
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.12.2009
Subjects
Biology computing
Biomedical imaging
Diseases
Drugs
Gene therapy
Genetics
GIGS
Image databases
Information science
Medical diagnostic imaging
Medical Informatics
Metasearch
Networks
OMIM
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Summary:The Genetic Information Gathering System is a new database created to bring together medical and Biological information. This search tool allows users to query a disease and receive information on the disease genotype and phenotype, plus associated images, potential drug treatments and more. The database is built and hosted on a Linux machine running Apache 2 Web server, PHP 5, and utilizing a PostgreSQL database. Beyond the programmed information, it has links to the Connectivity Map and Entrez , and the capability for user uploads. GIGS is accessible at http://www.dsm.fordham.edu/gigs/.
ISBN:1424454034
9781424454037
ISSN:1087-4089
2375-527X
DOI:10.1109/I-SPAN.2009.125