Terms & Conditions

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using PradeepBio (pradeepbio.com), you agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions. If you do not agree, please do not use this site.

2. Nature of the Service

PradeepBio is a personal research portfolio and free bioinformatics tools platform. It provides:

• Browser-based bioinformatics tools powered by free public APIs
• A curated directory of free bioinformatics databases and resources
• Information about the site owner's research background and projects

The tools and resources are provided for educational and research purposes only. They are not intended for clinical decision-making, medical diagnosis, or any other regulated use.

3. No Medical or Clinical Advice

Nothing on this website constitutes medical, clinical, diagnostic, or professional scientific advice. Tool outputs — including ADMET predictions, target predictions, Ramachandran statistics, and variant annotations — are computational inferences for research and educational use only. Always validate results through peer-reviewed methods, experimental confirmation, and consultation with qualified professionals before making any clinical, pharmaceutical, or regulatory decisions.

4. Intellectual Property

The original content on this site — including the tool implementations, codebase, written text, and design — is the intellectual property of Pradeep (PradeepBio) unless otherwise stated. All rights reserved.

Data retrieved from third-party APIs (NCBI, UniProt, ChEMBL, PubChem, RCSB PDB, AlphaFold DB, Reactome, STRING-db, Human Protein Atlas, ADMETlab 3.0, and others) is subject to each provider's own licensing terms. Users are responsible for complying with those terms when using retrieved data in publications or commercial work.

5. Third-Party APIs and Data Sources

Several tools on this site query free, public bioinformatics APIs. We do not control the availability, accuracy, or continuity of these third-party services. Tool functionality may be affected by API downtime, rate limiting, or changes by the data providers. We make no guarantees regarding the accuracy or completeness of data returned by third-party sources.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties

This site and its tools are provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of accuracy, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Use of the tools is at your own risk.

7. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, PradeepBio shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, this site or its tools — including but not limited to errors in scientific results, data loss, or decisions made based on tool outputs.

8. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

• Use this site or its tools for any unlawful purpose
• Attempt to reverse-engineer, scrape, or systematically download site content
• Overload or abuse the API proxy routes in a way that affects other users
• Use tool outputs in published work without appropriate citation of the underlying data sources

9. External Links

This site contains links to external websites and databases. We are not responsible for the content, privacy practices, or availability of those external sites. Links are provided as a convenience and do not constitute an endorsement.

10. Changes to These Terms

We reserve the right to update these Terms & Conditions at any time. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page will reflect any changes. Continued use of the site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the new terms.

11. Governing Law

These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with applicable law. Any disputes arising from use of this site shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the relevant courts.

12. Contact

For questions about these Terms & Conditions, please use the contact form on the About page.