SentiSearch, Inc. (SSRC)

[e-ore]

New company description at businessweek.com

SentiSearch, Inc., a development stage company, holds a license to develop, manufacture, have made, import, use, sell, distribute, rent, or lease products and services in the areas of insect chemosensation and olfaction. The company intends to sell its olfaction intellectual property to food production, agricultural chemical companies, organic, and pharmaceutical companies. It also has patent applications relating to nucleic acids and proteins of insect or odorant receptor genes and their uses. Strategic Alliances In November 2010, Bayer CropScience AG and Sentisearch, Inc. have entered into a two-year research agreement to cooperate in the identification of new molecules targeting odorant receptors in insects. This collaboration also involves arrangements with Columbia University and Rockefeller University to develop solutions to improve control of malaria and dengue fever in countries where these diseases are endemic. Competition The company faces competition primarily from universities, including Yale University and Vanderbilt University. History SentiSearch, Inc. was founded in 2000.

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot_article.asp?ticker=SSRC:US