Cogent Neuroscience Launches ``Brain Waves,'' Internet's First Neurogenomics News Portal.Business Editors/Health and Medical Writers DURHAM, N.C.--(BW HealthWire)--Aug. 14, 2000 Cogent Neuroscience announced today that it was launching the World Wide Web's first Neurogenomics news portal. Called Brain Waves brain waves Neurology Oscillations/sec that correspond to various types of cerebral activity, as measured on an EEG. See Electroencephalogram. , the site is accessible from the front page of Cogent's own web site (located at http://www.neurogenomics.com ). The portal was originally developed as a module for the Company's firewalled intranet. "We wanted an easily accessible site where our scientists and staff could turn to get industry news and information on a timely basis," said Cogent President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Max Wallace. "Since we didn't know of a site that already existed, we decided to create our own. It quickly occurred to us, though, that there was no reason to keep the site locked up inside the Company's firewall, so we decided to make it a public resource." Given the interdisciplinary nature of the Neurogenomics industry, gathering news on the subject has--until this point--been a time-consuming and at times frustrating endeavor, requiring one to rifle through a dozen or more biotechnology sites, several of which are accessible only with paid subscriptions. With the launch of the Brain Waves portal, however, interested parties now have a single source of up-to-the-minute information available to them on topics ranging from Neurology to Genetics to Geriatrics geriatrics (jĕrēă`trĭks), the branch of medicine concerned with conditions and diseases of the aged. Many disabilities in old age are caused by or related to the deterioration of the circulatory system (see arteriosclerosis), e.g. . In addition, the Brain Waves portal features hourly updates on genomic advances in the areas of Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. , Parkinson's Disease Parkinson's disease or Parkinsonism, degenerative brain disorder first described by the English surgeon James Parkinson in 1817. When there is no known cause, the disease usually appears after age 40 and is referred to as Parkinson's disease. and Stroke. Over the next several months, Brain Waves will be expanded to include live message forums, where site visitors can query and respond to their colleagues and industry experts on a number of different topics. "We're excited and pleased," Wallace said. "Sure, we're somewhat partial to the subject matter, but we think others will find the site to be a useful resource too." Based in North Carolina, Cogent Neuroscience is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. discovering genomic pathways to truly effective treatments for stroke and other debilitating de·bil·i·tat·ing adj. Causing a loss of strength or energy. Debilitating Weakening, or reducing the strength of. Mentioned in: Stress Reduction and degenerative neurological conditions. |
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