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ARS Develops Pig Gene Database

The USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS) has developed a database tool to support human nutrition and immunology studies. The "Porcine Immunology and Nutrition (PIN) Database" was developed by nutritionists at the ARS Human Nutrition Research Center and immunologists in the ARS Animal and Natural Resources Institute in Beltsville, MD.

According to an August 26th article on the ARS website, the database "is unique because it links gene expression to gene function and identification of related gene pathways, and its information can be coordinated with other databases related to the functional genetics of humans and mice". The article describes the tool as "a searchable, online database that allows users to compare information on 2,600 annotated swine genes and proteins related to nutrition and immunity". The database is available at http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=6065.

Source: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2005/050826.htm