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EmBiology

EmBiology provides fast access to biological relationships and pathways

Visualize millions of biological relationships to understand disease biology and get targeted data using publication, relation and concept filters. EmBiology helps you minimize the risk of research bias by removing the reliance on known search terms.

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Deep biological evidence to support critical insights and decisions

Quickly and easily interpret experimental data

  • Understand disease biology

  • Improve target and/or biomarker identification and prioritization

  • Decide what drug targets to pursue and how to measure drug targets

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Make evidence-based research decisions for higher project success rates

  • Gain a comprehensive view of the landscape, including novel results

  • Draw on more reliable reported relationships published in multiple sources

  • Get insights from data updated weekly extracted from full-text content

EmBiology is a 2024 CODiE finalist for the Best Big Data Reporting & Analytics Solution. The CODiE awards from the Software & Information Industry Association recognize excellence in technology innovation.

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Biology Knowledge Graph

Watch a short video opens in new tab/window introduction to the Biology Knowledge Graph, the dataset that powers EmBiology. Biology Knowledge Graph data can be searched via EmBiology or licensed off-platform for applied analytics and modeling.

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EmBiology product features

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Data structure

1.4 million entities connected by 15.7 million relationships (with more added weekly), plus 87.2 million referenced and viewable facts.
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Comprehensive biological content

Data is extracted from a rich array of sources, including the full text of articles. Wide journal coverage from Elsevier and non-Elsevier sources.
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Natural language processing technology

TERMite text analysis engine for entity recognition plus machine learning to recognize relationships and associated properties.
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Quality control of biological data

Expert reviewers have deep backgrounds and experience. They follow stringent QC processes and data are held to the highest standards.
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Accurate and up to date

New full-text articles are scanned weekly. The entire dataset is rescanned annually and updated with new concepts and terms.

“Using EmBiology could result in a 20-25% global improvement on rate of success.”

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Vice President, Gene Therapy

Frequently asked questions

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Get unparalleled insight into biological activities

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