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European Nutrigenomics, Toxicogenomics Groups License GeneGo's Software

Dec 04, 2007
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) - GeneGo said today that the European Nutrigenomics Organization Consortium (TNO) and the Netherlands Nutrigenomics Consortium have extended their license agreements for its MetaCore software.
 
The firm also said that the Netherlands Toxicogenomics Center will acquire the MetaCore and MetaDrug products for its research.
 
TNO is using the software in its research into nutrient and toxicant activities. The consortium signed an initial license for the product two years ago.
 
This agreement gives more than 20 European universities access to the MetaCore platform, GeneGo said.
 
Financial terms of the agreement were not released.

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