Patent ID: 8010295

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for the identification of a drug target associated with a selected biological condition, comprising: using a computer to analyze stored data related to medical histories of a population; using a computer to analyze stored data related to medical test results for the population; and based on computer analysis of the data related to the medical histories and the data related to the medical test results, classifying the population into at least two phenotypic sub-populations defined as at risk and affected (ARA), whose members have ever been affected by the selected biological condition, and at risk and unaffected (ARU), whose members ought to be affected by the selected biological condition at the present time based on a risk analysis, but are unaffected by the selected biological condition at the present time; performing a computer analysis of genetic data from the ARA sub-population and the ARU sub-population to identify genetic variations therebetween; displaying the data for a user; and using data related to the identified genetic variations between the ARA sub-population and the ARU sub-population to identify the drug target associated with the selected biological condition.