BOWLING GREEN, Ohio & SARASOTA, Florida ?January 31, 2005 ?Senecio Software Inc and DNAPrint genomics (OTCBB: "DNAP") announce today the receipt of a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research award from the National Institute on Aging. The grant supports the design and feasibility testing of a system extending the use of DNAPrint genomics' ANCESTRYbyDNA product to include social, demographic and health care research.
The need within American society for new research on the topic of race is large and growing. And the need among demographers and other social and health scientists for additional research tools allowing them to carefully explore the social and cultural elements surrounding racial identities is equally great. The recent directive by the federal Office of Management and Budget requiring the option of multiracial classification on federal forms; the growing racial and ethnic diversity within American society, coupled with the knowledge that racial identities can vary depending on measure, context, and cultural factors, are evidence of the need for additional tools to help clarify the circumstances surrounding the shaping of racial identities.
According to Dr. Jerry Wicks, the project's Principle Investigator (PI) and President of Senecio Software, "since race is obviously a social construct, we do not consider this DNA test to be a measure of race, nor are we proposing it replace the widely accepted self-report, parental, and observational measures commonly used in surveys or collected on administrative records. Rather, we see this innovative tool being added to the set of measures available to scientists allowing for an elaboration of race-related research. The culmination of this project will provide social scientists with an important new variable to include in their studies of race."
As further explained by Dr. Wicks, "there is also a huge unmet need within the health care sciences, medicine and pharmacology for precise and objective measures of bio-geographical ancestry. Just about everyday we learn of a new medical study reporting significant differentials in pharmacological effects on people with different ancestral backgrounds. This research project should make it easier for DNAPrint's genomic-based test to be incorporated into more NIH funded biomedical research studies."
DNAPrint's innovative genetic testing technology (Ancestrybydna 2.5, DNAWITNESS 2.5, EURODNA 1.0, EUROWITNESS 1.0) is the first to offer an objective and quantitative measurement of continental and/or ethno-geographic ancestry admixture.
Target markets for the software system under development through this SBIR grant award include federal and state funded scientific research including the social, demographic, behavioral, health, biomedical and pharmacological sciences.
Information about DNAPrint's genetic tests for the inference of ancestry admixture can be found at http://www.ancestrybydna.com.
About Senecio Software
Founded in 1992, Senecio Software Inc. is a privately held company based in Bowling Green, Ohio. The company specializes in the design and production of advanced, multi-tier, web-based systems used in the collection and analysis of social, health, market research, and demographic data. Given the rise in Internet-based commerce and the demand for online information processing solutions, Senecio's corporate strategy has increasingly focused on the development of customized data-gathering tools used by professional survey researchers, scientists, and market analysts. Along with designing multi-tier, web-based survey software, Senecio is developing unique data gathering tools involving remote sensing and wireless communication. Senecio Software has been the recipient of numerous research grants from the U.S. government's National Institutes of Health. Additional information about the company, its products, partnerships and research agenda can be found at http://www.senecio.com.
Funding for this research is provided through the Department of Health and Human Services Small Business Innovation Research Program, National Institutes of Health. Grant Number: 1 R43 AGO25768-01A1 - National Institute on Aging.
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About DNAPrint genomics, Inc.
Founded in 1992, Senecio Software Inc. is a privately held company based in Bowling Green, Ohio. The company specializes in the design and production of advanced, multi-tier, web-based systems used in the collection and analysis of social, health, market research, and demographic data. Given the rise in Internet-based commerce and the demand for online information processing solutions, Senecio's corporate strategy has increasingly focused on the development of customized data-gathering tools used by professional survey researchers, scientists, and market analysts. Along with designing multi-tier, web-based survey software, Senecio is developing unique data gathering tools involving remote sensing and wireless communication. Senecio Software has been the recipient of numerous research grants from the U.S. government's National Institutes of Health. Additional information about the company, its products, partnerships and research agenda can be found at http://www.senecio.com.
DNAPrint genomics Inc. uses proprietary human genome research methods to develop genomic-based services and products. The Company introduced Ancestrybydna in the consumer market and DNA Witness in the forensic market in 2003. DNAPrint is developing products in the pharmacogenomic market and has a disease gene discovery program. The Company is traded on the NASDAQ OTC Bulletin Board under the ticker symbol: DNAP. For more information about the company, please visit http://www.dnaprint.com.
All statements in this press release that are not historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act as amended. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, including, but not limited to, uncertainties relating to technologies, product development, manufacturing, market acceptance, cost and pricing of DNAPrint's products, dependence on collaborations and partners, regulatory approvals, competition, intellectual property of others, and patent protection and litigation. DNAPrint genomics, Inc. expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in DNAPrint's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statements are based.
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DNAPrint Genomics, Inc.
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