A revolutionary technology

A breakthrough technology for discovering disease-causing genes

Functional Genomic Fingerprinting (FGF) technology provides a powerful way to discover the defective genes that contribute to the pathogenesis of multi-gene disorders, such as type II diabetes, hypertension, Alzheimer’s disease, asthma, allergies and various cancers.

The technology platform is disease-independent. It can be applied to any disease with a genetic basis, inherited or acquired.

FGF is far more effective than any other current techniques such as microarray, HapMap, AFLP, RAPD and positional cloning.

Researchers who use FGF will save substantial effort, money and time.

Pharmaceutical (gene-based) drug discovery:

Medical and Pharmaceutical Applications

Rapid development of pharmaceutical drugs can be facilitated by the efficient discovery of the right disease-causing genes.

Prior investments can be recovered by reviving drugs that were removed from the market for producing adverse side effects in some individuals. When genetic markers to identify those sensitive individuals are known, the drug can safely be prescribed to the large majority of patients who are not at risk.

Facilitates the personalization of medicine.

Prophylactic Diagnostics:

Diagnostics in Newborns

Revelation of gene markers can predict future disease potential in newborns.

Early detection enables early treatment in affected children by lifestyle changes and other medical interventions.

Agricultural applications

Selection and Genetic Engineering of Plants

• FGF can efficiently identify key genetic markers useful in plant breeding— a major challenge in agriculture. FGF can make the current time-consuming laborious techniques used for plant breeding obsolete.
• Identification of key genetic markers associated with plant traits using FGF technology will revolutionize plant breeding approaches with enormous savings in cost and time. Benefits of employing FGF in agriculture include easy characterization and comparison of germ-plasms and the production of higher quality seeds.