Predisposition Modification Using Co-associating Bioattributes
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1. A bioinformatics method for identifying attributes that modify an individual'"'"'s predisposition for association with a query attribute, comprising:
- a) receiving a query attribute;
b) accessing an attribute profile of an individual, wherein the attribute profile comprises pangenetic attributes and non-pangenetic attributes;
c) accessing a set containing attribute combinations and corresponding statistical results that indicate the strength of association of each of the attribute combinations with the query attribute;
d) identifying, from among the attribute combinations contained in the set, one or more attribute combinations each containing at least one attribute from the attribute profile; and
e) transmitting one or more attributes that constitute differences between the identified attribute combinations and the attribute profile as output to indicate attributes that modify the individual'"'"'s predisposition for association with the query attribute.
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Abstract
A bioinformatics method, software, database and system are presented in which attributes that modify an individual'"'"'s predisposition for association with a query attribute (i.e., an attribute of interest) are identified. A predetermined set of attribute combinations that are statistically associated with the query attribute is used as the basis for identifying those attributes that can be added to or eliminated from the attribute profile of the individual in order to modify the individual'"'"'s statistical predisposition for association with the query attribute.
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20 Claims
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1. A bioinformatics method for identifying attributes that modify an individual'"'"'s predisposition for association with a query attribute, comprising:
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a) receiving a query attribute; b) accessing an attribute profile of an individual, wherein the attribute profile comprises pangenetic attributes and non-pangenetic attributes; c) accessing a set containing attribute combinations and corresponding statistical results that indicate the strength of association of each of the attribute combinations with the query attribute; d) identifying, from among the attribute combinations contained in the set, one or more attribute combinations each containing at least one attribute from the attribute profile; and e) transmitting one or more attributes that constitute differences between the identified attribute combinations and the attribute profile as output to indicate attributes that modify the individual'"'"'s predisposition for association with the query attribute. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A program storage device readable by a machine and containing a set of instructions which, when read by the machine, causes execution of a bioinformatics method for identifying attributes that modify an individual'"'"'s predisposition for association with a query attribute, comprising:
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a) receiving a query attribute; b) accessing an attribute profile of an individual, wherein the attribute profile comprises pangenetic attributes and non-pangenetic attributes; c) accessing a set containing attribute combinations and corresponding statistical results that indicate the strength of association of each of the attribute combinations with the query attribute; d) identifying, from among the attribute combinations contained in the set, one or more attribute combinations each containing at least one attribute from the attribute profile; and e) transmitting one or more attributes that constitute differences between the identified attribute combinations and the attribute profile as output to indicate attributes that modify the individual'"'"'s predisposition for association with the query attribute. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A bioinformatics database system for identifying attributes that modify an individual'"'"'s predisposition for association with a query attribute, comprising:
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a) a memory containing; i) a first data structure containing an attribute profile of an individual, wherein the attribute profile comprises pangenetic attributes and non-pangenetic attributes; ii) a second data structure containing attribute combinations and corresponding statistical results that indicate the strength of association of each of the attribute combinations with the query attribute; b) a processor for; i) receiving the query attribute; ii) accessing the first data structure; iii) accessing the second data structure; iv) identifying, from among the attribute combinations contained in the second data structure, one or more attribute combinations each containing at least one attribute from the attribute profile in the first data structure; and v) transmitting one or more attributes that constitute differences between the identified attribute combinations and the attribute profile as output to indicate attributes that modify the individual'"'"'s predisposition for association with the query attribute. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A bioinformatics computer-based system for identifying attributes that modify an individual'"'"'s predisposition for association with a query attribute, comprising:
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a) a first data communications subsystem for receiving a query attribute; b) a first data accessing subsystem for accessing an attribute profile of an individual, wherein the attribute profile comprises pangenetic attributes and non-pangenetic attributes; c) a second data accessing subsystem for accessing a set containing attribute combinations and corresponding statistical results that indicate the strength of association of each of the attribute combinations with the query attribute; d) a data processing subsystem for identifying, from among the attribute combinations contained in the set, one or more attribute combinations each containing at least one attribute from the attribute profile; and e) a second data communications subsystem for transmitting one or more attributes that constitute differences between the identified attribute combinations and the attribute profile as output to indicate attributes that modify the individual'"'"'s predisposition for association with the query attribute. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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