METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING CANDIDATE SIGNATURES AND COMPOUNDS FOR DRUG THERAPIES

摘要

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for analysing data relating to analysis of complex networks in order to identify target bioactivity signatures, for example proteins, and potential therapeutic actives, for example compounds, that are likely candidates for drug therapies. There is provided a computer-implemented method of identifying a subset of potential therapeutic agents from a plurality of potential therapeutic agents comprising the steps of: receiving a network of biological data; receiving footprint data in relation to the plurality of therapeutic agents; determining from the footprint data of each or a combination of the plurality of potential therapeutic agents a functional effect on the network of the each or a combination of potential therapeutic agents; and outputting potential therapeutic agents ranked based on the determined functional effects on the network.