PLoS ONE (Jan 2013)

LifeMap Discovery™: the embryonic development, stem cells, and regenerative medicine research portal.

  • Ron Edgar,
  • Yaron Mazor,
  • Ariel Rinon,
  • Jacob Blumenthal,
  • Yaron Golan,
  • Ella Buzhor,
  • Idit Livnat,
  • Shani Ben-Ari,
  • Iris Lieder,
  • Alina Shitrit,
  • Yaron Gilboa,
  • Ahmi Ben-Yehudah,
  • Osnat Edri,
  • Netta Shraga,
  • Yoel Bogoch,
  • Lucy Leshansky,
  • Shlomi Aharoni,
  • Michael D West,
  • David Warshawsky,
  • Ronit Shtrichman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066629
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 7
p. e66629

Abstract

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LifeMap Discovery™ provides investigators with an integrated database of embryonic development, stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. The hand-curated reconstruction of cell ontology with stem cell biology; including molecular, cellular, anatomical and disease-related information, provides efficient and easy-to-use, searchable research tools. The database collates in vivo and in vitro gene expression and guides translation from in vitro data to the clinical utility, and thus can be utilized as a powerful tool for research and discovery in stem cell biology, developmental biology, disease mechanisms and therapeutic discovery. LifeMap Discovery is freely available to academic nonprofit institutions at http://discovery.lifemapsc.com.