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Knowledge graph#
‘Living’ maps of disease that analyse vast amounts of health and patient-related data to see potential interactions between gene targets, expression and disease. Relationships are detected and analysed using machine learning and AI. By discovering previously unknown patterns in the data, scientists are able to draw better and faster conclusions across a range of complex diseases, for example, identifying new targets to prioritise.
Metabolomics*
The study of all chemical processes involving metabolites.
Multi-omics§
A biological analysis approach where multiple data sets from different omics groups are combined – including genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics.
Mutation¶
An alteration in an organism’s DNA sequence at a specific location in the genome.
Novel target††
A previously unidentified or untargeted molecule, protein or receptor being explored to see if a drug or therapy can interact and alter its function or behaviour.