Saturday, July 09, 2005

Wired News: Software Taming Gene Data Pool

Wired News: Software Taming Gene Data Pool: "By Kristen Philipkoski

02:00 AM Feb. 02, 2005 PT

Scientists can read the activity of any given gene thanks to technologies called microarrays. They reveal whether a gene is turned on or off, and whether that gene is naughty or nice. But the mountains of information microarrays create often languish in obscure databases.

Now, software engineers are finally getting together with biologists to translate the pile of letters and numbers into scientific discoveries."

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