POSTS TAGGED AS bioinformatics

Statistical Genomics

Andrea S. Foulkes ScD
Epigenetic diseases may actually be complexes of monogenetic disorders; consequently, studies of rare diseases could [MORE]

Weill-Cornell’s “Institute for Precision Medicine”

“Personalized medicine,” or as Weill-Cornell calls it “precision medicine,” is gaining traction from relatively inexpensive gene sequencers and effective [MORE]

Computational Medicine Perspective

In 2005, The Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering and its School of Medicine began a collaboration called [MORE]

A Virtual Bronchoscope

Flexible Bronchoscope
Rigid bronchoscopy, which usually requires general anesthesia and some risk of damage to airways or vocal cords, can [MORE]

Written in the RUNES; Whole Genome Sequencing

Neonate
Universal genetic testing has existed in the US since 1970, using Guthrie cards for neonatal screening (for up to [MORE]

Prototype Bionic Eye that Detects Light

In a world’s first, surgeons at the Centre for Eye Research Australia have implanted a prototype bionic eye behind [MORE]

Making Money from Big Data

Will “big data” analytics become the basis for a new wave of industrialization, across multiple sectors?  McKinsey & Company [MORE]

Complete Genomics’ Sequencing Service

While a year ago, the FDA put a hold on companies selling genomic kits directly to consumers, researchers are [MORE]

IBM’s Watson Healthcare Advisory Board

Watson Computer on Jeopardy
Most of us will remember IBM’s supercomputer “Watson” beating the pants off human competitors on the quiz [MORE]

340 Genomes on a Thumb Drive

Swiss Army USB
Victorinox, maker of the Swiss Army Knife, recently introduced the first terabyte USB thumb drive.  It has [MORE]

“Watson’s” Debut in Healthcare: 2012

If you saw IBM’s supercomputer, “Watson,” challenge two of “Jeopardy’s” all time winners, you know that the “machine” made [MORE]

p-Medicine, the EU’s Approach

“Matryoshka” is the name for those Russian “little matron” nesting dolls. Besides being a pretty folk art form, they [MORE]

Computing a Diagnosis-Ask Watson

Practice with Watson
Any of us interested in medical automation who also saw IBM’s supercomputer challenge two human savants on Jeopardy, [MORE]

University of Buffalo Institute for Healthcare Informatics

With a $15m contribution in computer equipment from Dell and $20m from the New York State Health Department, the [MORE]