MalaCards - Human Disease Database

Every Disease.
One Card.

The human disease database — 22,560 diseases integrated from 78 curated sources with gene associations, drugs, variations, phenotypes, and pathways.

malacards.org
MalaCards homepage — search diseases, explore categories, browse the GeneCards Suite
20K+
Diseases
78
Sources
15K+
Gene-Related
10K+
Rare Diseases

How MalaCards Works for You

From scattered disease data to actionable insight in four steps.

Integrate

78 Sources, One Disease Card

MalaCards automatically integrates gene-disease associations, mutations, phenotypes, pathways, drugs, and more from 78 curated and computed sources into a single, comprehensive disease card.

  • Gene-disease associations scored across 8 evidence sources (OMIM, ClinVar, Orphanet, and more)
  • AI-supported disease summaries distill key clinical and biological insights
  • Quarterly updates keep every card current with the latest research
MalaCards Ovarian Cancer overview — AI-supported summary integrating data from 78 sources into one disease card
Search

Find Any Disease, Instantly

Elasticsearch-powered search with stemming and boolean operators takes you directly to the disease you need. Browse by category, search within a card, or explore the full A-Z disease index.

  • Advanced search across disease names, aliases, genes, pathways, and more
  • Browse by category: cancer, genetic, rare, neuronal, metabolic, and more
  • In-card search navigates within any section of a disease card
MalaCards search results for apoptosis — 6,261 diseases matching with MIFTS and relevance scores
Explore

16 Sections of Deep Disease Data

Every disease card is a complete research dossier with 16 richly annotated sections — from associated genes and drugs to variations, expression data, and pathway analysis.

  • Associated genes with elite (manually curated) and text-mined evidence
  • Drugs, clinical trials, and therapeutic approaches from DrugBank, PharmGKB, and ClinicalTrials.gov
  • Variations from ClinVar, COSMIC, and UniProtKB with structural variant data
  • Related disorders via GeneAnalytics set analysis and comorbidity networks
MalaCards Ovarian Cancer variations — 10,692 ClinVar and 8,010 copy number variations with gene and significance data
Export & License

Your Data, Your Way

Access MalaCards freely for academic research, or license the full dataset for commercial and enterprise use.

  • Free access for non-profit academic institutions and hospitals
  • Commercial data licensing for pharma, biotech, and AI companies
  • Need gene-level data? Explore the GeneCards Knowledge Graph for full data licensing
Disease data flowing to Jupyter notebooks, databases, JSON, Python scripts, and API endpoints

Inside a Disease Card

Every disease card is a complete research dossier — Ovarian Cancer alone connects to 1,161 genes, 692 drugs, 1,801 pathways, 10,692 ClinVar variations, and 3,383 clinical trials.

Licensing

Free for academic research. Flexible licensing for commercial use.

Free Access

Academic & Clinical

  • Non-profit academic institutions
  • Hospital clinicians
  • Individual researchers
  • Full access to all disease cards

Commercial License

Enterprise & Industry

  • Pharmaceutical companies
  • Biotech & diagnostics
  • AI & data companies
  • Custom integration support
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Free for academic institutions and hospital clinicians.