Mouse Tumor Biology Website

The mouse tumor biology website is a database of mouse oncology models produced by the Jackson laboratory. It includes informaton on mouse tumor modesl whether endogenous or transgenic in nature.

G Protein Coupled Receptors

G Protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are receptors that incorporate a G protein signalling system (more info on GPCRs)

GPCRs occur in all parts of the body and are the targets for many marketed drugs such as beta blockers, antihistamines and GABA blockers.

A good classification of GPCRs can be found at http://biophysics.biol.uoa.gr/gpDB/browse.jsp

The Big Picture Book of Viruses

The Big Picture Book of Viruses is a great website if you want to find pictures of particular viruses - and find classification information. Pages are ordered by Name, Structure/Genome, Host and Disease makeing it easy to find what you are looking for with whatever starting information you have. This page is a useful page if you want to quickly look up the causative agent of a disease

The OMIM database

Probably a fairly well known reference to many of you - the OMIM database is a database of diseases with a genetic component. It is maintained by Johns Hopkins University. Its a good place to look up information on diseases and to also find synonyms of disease names.

It can be searched via this webpage

US and EMEA regulations and guidance

Both the US and EMEA publish guidance documents, giving directions on the desired approach to specific ranging from medicine manufacture to clinical trial design.

US guidance documents can be found on the FDA website here. EMEA documents are located on the EMEA website here