In many empirically intensive fields, researchers spend much of their time marshalling, formatting, and moving impenetrable blocks of data from one place to another. To solve this problem and pave the way for future-proof development, the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health teamed up with MAYA Design, a research and technology lab spun out of Carnegie Mellon University. The result is the first prototype of a Universal Genetics Database, which automatically combines background information from genetic databases with experimental results in particular studies.
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July 5, 2006
Biotech International: “The Universal Genetics Database”
by Andrew Macurak
Category: In the News | Tags: biotechnology, Carnegie Mellon University, information liquidity, University of Pittsburgh
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