Methods and systems for analyzing complex biological systems
First Claim
1. A method for establishing a signature profile indicative of the physiological status of an individual, comprising:
- a) entering a unique identifier of at least one biological sample into a computer tracking system;
b) storing data comprising metabolite data in said computer tracking system, wherein said data comprising metabolite data are linked to said unique identifier;
c) converting said linked data to a numeric format;
d) converting said numeric format data to a common unit system, wherein said common unit system data are a coherent data set; and
e) determining the most informative of said common unit system data;
wherein said most informative data are a signature profile indicative of physiological status.
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods and systems for organizing complex and disparate data. More specifically, the present invention provides methods and systems for organizing complex and disparate data into coherent data sets. Coherent data sets resulting from the methods and systems of the present invention serve as models for biological systems. Methods and systems for integrating data and creating coherent data sets are useful for numerous biological applications, such as, for example, determining gene function, identifying and validating drug and pesticide targets, identifying and validating drug and pesticide candidate compounds, profiling drug and pesticide compounds, producing a compilation of health or wellness profiles, determining compound site(s) of action, identifying unknown samples, and numerous other applications in the agricultural, pharmaceutical, forensic, and biotechnology industries.
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296 Claims
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1. A method for establishing a signature profile indicative of the physiological status of an individual, comprising:
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a) entering a unique identifier of at least one biological sample into a computer tracking system;
b) storing data comprising metabolite data in said computer tracking system, wherein said data comprising metabolite data are linked to said unique identifier;
c) converting said linked data to a numeric format;
d) converting said numeric format data to a common unit system, wherein said common unit system data are a coherent data set; and
e) determining the most informative of said common unit system data;
wherein said most informative data are a signature profile indicative of physiological status. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for establishing a signature profile indicative of the physiological status of an individual, comprising:
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a) entering a unique identifier of at least one biological sample into a computer tracking system;
b) storing data comprising metabolite data in said computer tracking system, wherein said data comprising metabolite data are linked to said unique identifier;
c) converting said linked data to a numeric format;
d) transforming said numeric format data into a Gaussian distribution;
e) converting said Gaussian distribution data to a common unit system;
f) reducing the dimensionality of said common unit system data, wherein said dimensionally reduced data are a coherent data set; and
g) determining the most informative of said dimensionally reduced data;
wherein said most informative data are a signature profile indicative of physiological status. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for establishing a signature profile indicative of the physiological status of an individual, comprising:
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a) entering a unique identifier of at least one biological sample into a computer tracking system;
b) storing data comprising metabolite data in said computer tracking system, wherein said data comprising metabolite data are linked to said unique identifier;
c) converting said linked data to a numeric format;
d) transforming said numeric format data into a Gaussian distribution;
e) converting said Gaussian distribution data to a common unit system, wherein said common unit system data are a coherent data set; and
f) determining the most informative of said common unit system data;
wherein said most informative data are a signature profile indicative of physiological status. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A method for establishing a signature profile indicative of the physiological status of an individual, comprising:
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a) entering a unique identifier of at least one biological sample into a computer tracking system;
b) storing data comprising metabolite data in said computer tracking system, wherein said data comprising metabolite data are linked to said unique identifier;
c) converting said linked data to a numeric format;
d) converting said numeric format data to a common unit system;
e) reducing the dimensionality of said common unit system data, wherein said dimensionally reduced data are a coherent data set; and
f) determining the most informative of said dimensionally reduced data;
wherein said most informative data are a signature profile indicative of physiological status. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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73. A method for establishing a signature profile indicative of the physiological status of an individual, comprising:
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a) entering a unique identifier of at least one biological sample into a computer tracking system;
b) storing in said computer tracking system disparate data, wherein said disparate data comprise metabolite data and other data, and said disparate data are linked to said unique identifier;
c) converting said linked disparate data to a numeric format;
d) converting said numeric format data to a common unit system, wherein said common unit system data are a coherent data set; and
e) determining the most informative of said common unit system data;
wherein said most informative data are a signature profile indicative of physiological status. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90)
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91. A method for establishing a signature profile indicative of the physiological status of an individual, comprising:
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a) entering a unique identifier of at least one biological sample into a computer tracking system;
b) storing in said computer tracking system disparate data, wherein said disparate data comprise metabolite data and other data, and said disparate data are linked to said unique identifier;
c) converting said linked disparate data to a numeric format;
d) transforming said numeric format data into a Gaussian distribution;
e) converting said Gaussian distribution data to a common unit system;
f) reducing the dimensionality of said common unit system data, wherein said dimensionally reduced common unit system data are a coherent data set; and
g) determining the most informative of said dimensionally reduced data;
wherein said most informative data are a signature profile indicative of physiological status. - View Dependent Claims (92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110)
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111. A method for establishing a signature profile indicative of the physiological status of an individual, comprising:
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a) entering a unique identifier of at least one biological sample into a computer tracking system;
b) storing in said computer tracking system disparate data, wherein said disparate data comprise metabolite data and other data, and said disparate data are linked to said unique identifier;
c) converting said linked disparate data to a numeric format;
d) converting said numeric format data to a common unit system;
e) reducing the dimensionality of said common unit system data, wherein said dimensionally reduced data are a coherent data set; and
f) determining the most informative of said dimensionally reduced data;
wherein said most informative data are a signature profile indicative of physiological status. - View Dependent Claims (112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129)
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130. A method for establishing a signature profile indicative of the physiological status of an individual, comprising:
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a) entering a unique identifier of at least one biological sample into a computer tracking system;
b) storing in said computer tracking system disparate data, wherein said disparate data comprise metabolite data and other data, and said disparate data are linked to said unique identifier;
c) converting said linked disparate data to a numeric format;
d) transforming said numeric format data into a Gaussian distribution;
e) converting said Gaussian distribution data to a common unit system wherein said common unit system data are a coherent data set; and
f) determining the most informative of said common unit system data;
wherein said most informative data are a signature profile indicative of physiological status. - View Dependent Claims (131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148)
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149. A method for establishing a signature profile indicative of the physiological status of an individual, comprising:
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a) entering a unique identifier of at least one biological sample into a computer tracking system;
b) storing in said computer tracking system disparate data, wherein said disparate data comprise metabolite data and at least two other types of data, and said disparate data are linked to said unique identifier;
c) converting said linked disparate data to a numeric format;
d) converting said numeric format data to a common unit system, wherein said common unit system data are a coherent data set; and
e) determining the most informative of said common unit system data;
wherein said most informative data are a signature profile indicative of physiological status. - View Dependent Claims (150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166)
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167. A method for establishing a signature profile indicative of the physiological status of an individual, comprising:
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a) entering a unique identifier of at least one biological sample into a computer tracking system;
b) storing in said computer tracking system disparate data, wherein said disparate data comprise metabolite data and at least two other types of data, and said disparate data are linked to said unique identifier;
c) converting said linked disparate data to a numeric format;
d) transforming said numeric format data into a Gaussian distribution;
e) converting said Gaussian distribution data to a common unit system;
f) reducing the dimensionality of said common unit system data, wherein said dimensionally reduced common unit system data are a coherent data set; and
g) determining the most informative of said dimensionally reduced data;
wherein said most informative data are a signature profile indicative of physiological status. - View Dependent Claims (168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186)
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187. A method for establishing a signature profile indicative of the physiological status of an individual, comprising:
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a) entering a unique identifier of at least one biological sample into a computer tracking system;
b) storing in said computer tracking system disparate data, wherein said disparate data comprise metabolite data and at least two other types of data, and said disparate data are linked to said unique identifier;
c) converting said linked disparate data to a numeric format;
d) converting said numeric format data to a common unit system;
e) reducing the dimensionality of said common unit system data, wherein said dimensionally reduced common unit system data are a coherent data set; and
f) determining the most informative of said dimensionally reduced data;
wherein said most informative data are a signature profile indicative of physiological status. - View Dependent Claims (188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205)
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206. A method for establishing a signature profile indicative of the physiological status of an individual, comprising:
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a) entering a unique identifier of at least one biological sample into a computer tracking system;
b) storing in said computer tracking system disparate data, wherein said disparate data comprise metabolite data and at least two other types of data, and said disparate data are linked to said unique identifier;
c) converting said linked disparate data to a numeric format;
d) transforming said numeric format data into a Gaussian distribution;
e) converting said Gaussian distribution data to a common unit system, wherein said common unit system data are a coherent data set; and
f) determining the most informative of said common unit system data;
wherein said most informative data are a signature profile indicative of physiological status. - View Dependent Claims (207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224)
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225. A method for establishing a signature profile indicative of the physiological status of an individual, comprising:
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a) entering a unique identifier of at least one biological sample into a laboratory information management system (LIMS);
b) storing data comprising RNA data, phenotype data, and metabolite data in said LIMS, wherein said data are linked to said unique identifier;
c) converting said linked data to a numeric format;
d) transforming said numeric format data into a Gaussian distribution;
e) converting said Gaussian distribution data to a common unit system, wherein said common unit system is deviation from a baseline;
f) reducing the dimensionality of said common unit system data, wherein said dimensionally reduced common unit system data are a coherent data set; and
g) determining the most informative of said dimensionally reduced data;
wherein said most informative data are a signature profile indicative of physiological status. - View Dependent Claims (226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243)
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244. A method for establishing a signature profile indicative of the physiological status of an individual, comprising:
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a) entering a unique identifier of at least one biological sample into a laboratory information management system (LIMS);
b) storing data comprising RNA data, phenotype data, and metabolite data in said LIMS, wherein said data are linked to said unique identifier;
c) converting said linked data to a numeric format;
d) converting said numeric format data to a common unit system, wherein said common unit system data are a coherent data set; and
e) determining the most informative of said common unit system data;
wherein said most informative data are a signature profile indicative of physiological status. - View Dependent Claims (245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260)
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261. A method for establishing a signature profile indicative of the physiological status of an individual, comprising:
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a) entering a unique identifier of at least one biological sample into a laboratory information management system (LIMS);
b) storing data comprising RNA data, phenotype data, and metabolite data in said LIMS, wherein said data are linked to said unique identifier;
c) converting said linked data to a numeric format;
d) transforming said numeric format data into a Gaussian distribution;
e) converting said Gaussian distribution data to a common unit system, wherein said common unit system data are a coherent data set; and
f) determining the most informative of said common unit system data;
wherein said most informative data are a signature profile indicative of physiological status. - View Dependent Claims (262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278)
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279. A method for establishing a signature profile indicative of the physiological status of an individual, comprising:
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a) entering a unique identifier of at least one biological sample into a laboratory information management system (LIMS);
b) storing data comprising RNA data, phenotype data, and metabolite data in said LIMS, wherein said data are linked to said unique identifier;
c) converting said linked data to a numeric format;
d) converting said numeric format data to a common unit system;
e) reducing the dimensionality of said common unit system data, wherein said dimensionally reduced data are a coherent data set; and
f) determining the most informative of said dimensionally reduced data;
wherein said most informative data are a signature profile indicative of physiological status. - View Dependent Claims (280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296)
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