Web site: osddlinux.osdd.net
Origin: India
Category: Specialist
Desktop environment: Unity
Architecture: x86, x86_64
Based on: Ubuntu
Wikipedia:
Media: Live DVD
The last version | Released: 12.04 | October 7, 2013
OSDDlinux – a customized linux operating system for drug discovery that integrates open source software, libraries, workflows and web services in linux for creating environment for drug discovery.
First time an attempt has been made to customize linux to provide service to the community working in the field of drug discovery. OSDDlinux may bring down the cost of drug discovery as well as it may increase speed of drug discovery. This open source operating system will allow students, academicians & researchers to contribute towards drug discovery/designing.
The combined approach of bioinformatics and chemoinformatics are helpful in drug designing process. Various chemoinformatics tools are applied in virtual screening, chemical dataset mining, and structure-activity relationship studies. Drug discovery process involves target identification and validation, lead identification, and lead optimization. There are a number of computational tools and techniques which can be used at these specific sites.
Whether it is chemoinformatics or bioinformatics, the information regarding drugs, the information regarding drugs, disease and their resources are the backbone of computer-aided drug discovery process. These informations are useful in developing knowledge-based models for discovering and designing new drug entities. The drug or disease related information can be extracted by using keywords e.g. full target name, drug name, disease name etc. Any other drug, disease or target related information can also be used for data searching.
