Washington Post: 14 Letters That Spell The Future?

J.W. Bizzaro • August 3, 2001

Washington Post: 14 Letters That Spell The Future?
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``Those times have come and gone with the tech collapse. But in their place a new buzzword is capturing the imagination of the Washington region's technology community: bioinformatics....

``With the landmark mapping of the human genome last year, researchers at drug companies and academic institutions are struggling to make sense of unprecedented volumes of genetic data. So bioinformatics firms are rushing to develop computer tools – software, hardware, databases, etc. – to help scientists turn raw data into information that could be used to discover and develop new medical treatments.

```The researchers are drowning in data right now,' said Greg DuPertuis, co-founder and president of Adrenaline Group, a Washington technology consulting firm. `There are opportunities for companies that believe they have better ways to mine this data.'

``Bioinformatics is big not just because it represents a way to put computer whizzes to work but also because many companies believe the technology could give them the edge in bringing profitable new drugs to market.''

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Bioinformatics-the future?

Submitted by Nobody ; posted on Wednesday, January 7, 2004

Where does all this research take us, when john doe is not getting the benefit of it? And any way, what about the hundreds of thousands of people who claim to have been healed from lifethreatening diseases using alternate therapies and the response from the scientific community is always, it hasnt been documented - even when it has

Bioinformatics-the future?

Submitted by Nobody ; posted on Wednesday, January 7, 2004

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