Database Maps Herbal Gene Effects

Seoul1,080 gene-expression profiles now map traditional herbal effects.

Researchers dosed 4 human cell lines from the lung, liver, colon and brain with herbal extracts, building KORE-Map 1.2 to uncover how Qi-related prescriptions work in cells.

The dataset targets therapies whose mechanisms have stayed uncharacterized despite decades of clinical use.

Sources: Nature