Terms and Conditions

Effective: 2025-03-24

The mission of CellMarkers is to provide a curated database of peer-reviewed, published, and widely accepted markers for the identification of cell types and subsets. This User Agreement ("Terms") applies to your access to and use of our websites, databases, apps, APIs, and services (collectively, the "Services"). By accessing, using, and browsing our Services, you accept these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must discontinue use of our Services immediately.

Our Privacy Policy dictates how we collect, use, and share information gathered by us when you utilize our Services. Please see our Copyright page for more information regarding the license we release our content under.

Use of content

CellMarkers grants you access to public information provided as a part of our Services. You may freely access and download this content according to our Copyright page. We reserve the ability to block, restrict, or prevent access to content on our Services at any time and without warning.

Do not use web scrapers or similar technologies to copy content provided by our Services. In the future, we will provide publicly available APIs that allow access to content provided by our Services.

Content on our Services is not intended for medical, clinical, or diagnostic purposes. We do not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment information. Any medical, genetic, or otherwise scientific information is provided for research, educational, and informational purposes only.

Content on our Services may change at any time without warning or notice.

All content displayed on our Site or accessed through our Services subject to our copyright policy, unless otherwise noted or indicated. Please see this page for information regarding the use of the CellMarkers name and logos.

Disclaimer

THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE.

The CellMarkers database is for informational and research purposes only. It does not contain medical advice and should not be used for the diagnosis or treatment of disease. The CellMarkers database has not been validated for clinical use.

Warranty

While we strive for scientific accuracy, content provided by our Services may be incorrect or outdated at the time of access. Please report incorrect content promptly to help improve our Services.

WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF CONTENT PROVIDED BY OUR SERVICES. ALL CONTENT ON THE SITE AND PROVIDED BY OUR SERVICES IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS, OR THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR FREE OF OMISSIONS, ERRORS, OR DEFECTS.

Liability

ANY USE OF OUR SERVICES OR SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. We do not assume any liability or responsibility for any damage or cost you may experience because of the use of our Services. You acknowledge and agree that CellMarkers and its staff are not liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss relating to your use of our Services or content. We are not liable or responsible for any errors or omissions in the content of our Services.

Third-party content

CellMarkers provides links to third-party websites and services. We do not endorse and are not responsible for any content or software found on or provided by these third-party websites and services.

Unlawful content

You are prohibited from posting, submitting, or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material. You are prohibited from encouraging conduct that would or could be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. CellMarkers will fully cooperate with law enforcement authorities and court orders requesting us to disclose the identity of anyone that posts such material, content, or information.

Unauthorized access

If you intentionally attempt to unlawfully gain unauthorized access to part of or all our Services, computers, servers, or databases we will immediately terminate your account and access to our Services. We are committed to the security of our users. If you discover a bug or vulnerability which impacts user, Site, or Service security, please report it to us immediately.

Termination

We retain the right to terminate your account or access to our Services at any time and for any reason. Termination may occur without warning if we believe there is ongoing abuse of our Services or violation of these Terms.

You may request we terminate and delete your account. Please see the Privacy Policy to request account deletion.

Upon termination of your account, we will immediately destroy any private information collected via your account. Note that scientific content provided to our Services will not be destroyed. Upon termination of your account, we will remove any reference to your account from public content still present on our Services.

Upon termination of your access to our Services due to violation of these Terms, we will immediately prevent you from accessing, browsing, or using our Services. Attempts to bypass these restrictions are considered a violation of these Terms.

Revision of these Terms

CellMarkers may modify these Terms at any time by updating this page. Any revisions are in effect immediately and may occur without notice. Therefore, it is up to users to review this page regularly. Upon update, we will modify the date at the top of this page. We will notify users, either by a banner at the top of each page or via email, of significant changes to these Terms. Continued use of our Services accepts any revisions to these Terms. If you do not agree with the revised Terms, please do not continue using our Services.