A freely accessible public database of chemical information, produced by a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), is at the center of a controversy over publicly subsidized data competing with commercial information providers. The American Chemical Society (ACS), said to be the largest scientific society in the world, has voiced strenuous objections to the creation and availability of PubChem. The PubChem database provides information on the biological activities of small molecules. It is designed for medical researchers and is a component of NIHs Molecular Libraries Roadmap Initiative. Since it was unable to resolve the controversy directly with the NIH, ACS has met with members of Congress about the issues. PubChem is one of several databases developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) as part of the Molecular Libraries Roadmap Initiative. Created in 2004, it is a freely accessible database that provides information about small molecules. It is designed for use as a research tool for biomedical researchers and serves as a starting point in the development of new medications. According to the NCBI, the database contains approximately 850,000 chemical samples contributed from public sources. The database will grow when researchers add data from publicly funded sources. It will not include patents. Initially the database will contain chemically diverse small molecules. Over time the collection will be modified by screening for biological assays and other biological information to provide a working set of molecules for use in studying biology and disease. Thanks & Regards = = = = = = = = = = = Rashid Hussain Siddiqui Project Assistant Digital Library, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science Jayanagar, Bangalore : 560041 Phone No. : 080-26540930 e-mail : ras.botlib@gmail.com Homepage : http://www.drtc.isibang.ac.in/~hussain = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = A good library is a place, a palace where the lofty spirits of all nations and generations meet. Samuel NIGER (1883-1956) --------------------------------- Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel & more fun for the weekend. Check it out! A freely accessible public database of chemical information, produced by a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), is at the center of a controversy over publicly subsidized data competing with commercial information providers. The American Chemical Society (ACS), said to be the largest scientific society in the world, has voiced strenuous objections to the creation and availability of PubChem. The PubChem database provides information on the biological activities of small molecules. It is designed for medical researchers and is a component of NIHs Molecular Libraries Roadmap Initiative. Since it was unable to resolve the controversy directly with the NIH, ACS has met with members of Congress about the issues. PubChem ! is one of several databases developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) as part of the Molecular Libraries Roadmap Initiative. Created in 2004, it is a freely accessible database that provides information about small molecules. It is designed for use as a research tool for biomedical researchers and serves as a starting point in the development of new medications. According to the NCBI, the database contains approximately 850,000 chemical samples contributed from public sources. The database will grow when researchers add data from publicly funded sources. It will not include patents. Initially the database will contain chemically diverse small molecules. Over time the collection will be modified by screening for biological assays and other biological information to provide a working set of molecules for use in studying biology and disease. Thanks & Regards = = = = = = = = = = = Rashid Hussain Siddiqui Project Assistant Digital Library, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science Jayanagar, Bangalore : 560041 Phone No. : 080-26540930 e-mail : ras.botlib@gmail.com Homepage : http://www.drtc.isibang.ac.in/~hussain = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = A good library is a place, a palace where the lofty spirits of all nations and generations meet. Samuel NIGER (1883-1956) Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel & more fun for the weekend. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=32658/*http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html Check it out!