Bioinformatics -- Understanding of living systems through information science
...ce. And in healthcare, that may enable us, for example, to predict whether individuals are susceptible to cancer, or to certain lifestyle-related diseases, by understanding their perso...3907 days ago
Dr. Ken Buetow: IS & Personalized Medicine Lecture-Part 1
...medical challenges, particularly the role of genetics in complex human diseases such as cancer. It undertake...ions integrated through informatics. The Buetow laboratory approaches diseases such as cancer as a complex a...3860 days ago
Microbiome - Making better use of bacteria
...Medicine are working to understand these diverse populations and design better diagnoses and therapies that can be individualized to the patient. Diseases, such as clostridium difficil...3846 days ago
If your genes revealed you would get a disease, would you want to know?
...undbreaking new study underway at Kaiser Permanente and the University of California San Francisco may shed light one day on the genetic roots of diseases such as Parkinson's, cancer,...3829 days ago
GenePeeks: Protecting our Children
...pending technology reduces the risk of more than 600 severe, pediatric diseases by digitally weaving together...hat carry a high risk of passing on life-threatening and life-altering diseases. GenePeeks was founded by...3831 days ago
The Cat: evolution, domestication and Genome 10k
...lar biologist and dedicated conservationist who uses the tools of molecular biology to help protect endangered species and understand devastating diseases such as cancer and AIDS. He r...3819 days ago
Stephen Friend: The hunt for "unexpected genetic heroes"
What can we learn from people with the genetics to get sick — who don't? With most inherited diseases, only some family members will develop the disease, while others who carry the sam...3617 days ago
Genomics and Personalized Medicine Breakthroughs
...uman genome intelligence -- oncology saw the first impacts -- but advances are now being seen in cardiology, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatric diseases, gastroenterology, rheumatolo...3615 days ago