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===Introduction===

The idea of a database to document all known molecular interactions was originally put forth by [[Anthony Pawson|Tony Pawson]] in the 1990s and was later developed by scientists at the [[University of Toronto]] in collaboration with the [[University of British Columbia]]. The development of the Biomolecular Interaction Network Database (BIND) has been supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research ([[CIHR]]), Genome Canada,<ref>[https://www.genomecanada.ca/en/biomolecular-interaction-network-database-bind BIND at genomecanada.ca]</ref>, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Ontario Research and Development Fund. BIND was originally designed to be a constantly growing depository for information regarding biomolecular interactions, molecular complexes and pathways. As [[proteomics]] is a rapidly advancing field, there is a need to have information from scientific journals readily available to researchers. BIND facilitates the understanding of molecular interactions and pathways involved in cellular processes and will eventually give scientists a better understanding of developmental processes and disease pathogenesis

The major goals of the BIND project are: to create a public proteomics resource that is available to all; to create a platform to enable [[datamining]] from other sources (PreBIND); to create a platform capable of presenting visualizations of complex molecular interactions. From the beginning, BIND has been [[Open access (publishing)|open access]] and software can be freely distributed and modified. Currently, BIND includes a data specification, a database and associated data mining and visualization tools. Eventually, it is hoped that BIND will be a collection of all the interactions occurring in each of the major model organisms.