Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University Hospital, Unity Health Care, Chartered Health Plan and the Department of Health. The alliance includes 25 community health centers. As part of the privatization movement, D.C. General has been turned into an outpatient-only, emergency care facility open 24 hours. Trauma services have been halted at the hospital. Samples in the database include key disease states such as coronary artery disease, hypertension, stroke and atherosclerosis.
Researchers can use the database to identify potential new drugs for cardiovascular diseases.
The cardiovascular data is part of Gene Logic's flagship product, the GeneExpress Suite. There are two other suites, an oncology suite and an atlas suite, which allows researchers to access a broad range of normal human tissue samples. Researchers can subscribe to Gene Logic's BioExpress Module to get access to all three DataSuites. GeneExpress also features the ToxExpress Module, a database that contains gene expression profiles from organs affected by toxicity. It contains information about liver toxicity and is being expanded to include samples from other organs.