News tagged with genetic algorithm
Scientists find identical DNA codes in different plant species
Analyzing massive amounts of data officially became a national priority recently when the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced the Big Data Research and Development Initiative. A multi-disciplinary ...
Apr 09, 2012 |
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What Makes Us Human? Studies of Chimp and Human DNA May Tell Us
In constructing an evolutionary tree of life, scientists have granted themselves and the rest of us humans a genus, Homo, all to ourselves. But there’s no getting around the fact that we’re in the same family with chimpanzees ...
Jun 28, 2010 |
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Mapping Tumor Heterogeneity With Quantum Dots
(PhysOrg.com) -- One important discovery made about cancer over the past decade is that as a tumor develops, the molecular identity of its cells begins to diverge. As a result, any given tumor is likely to contain groups ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 25, 2010 |
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Mathematical innovation turns blood draw into information gold mine
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a software algorithm that could enable a common laboratory device to virtually separate a whole-blood sample into its different cell types and detect medically ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 07, 2010 |
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Predisposing factors for conversion of mild cognitive impairment to AD identified
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is often considered an early symptom of Alzheimer's disease (AD). An analysis of genetic risk factors predisposing to MCI is critical for accessing individual predisposition and reliably evaluating ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Comprehensive study using bioinformatics predicts the molecular causes of many genetic diseases
It is widely known that genetic mutations cause disease. What are largely unknown are the mechanisms by which these mutations wreak havoc at the molecular level, giving rise to clinically observable symptoms in patients. ...
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Technique finds gene regulatory sites without knowledge of regulators
A new statistical technique developed by researchers at the University of Illinois allows scientists to scan a genome for specific gene-regulatory regions without requiring prior knowledge of the relevant transcription factors. ...
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Deepening the search for clues to rheumatoid arthritis
(PhysOrg.com) -- The gnawing pain of rheumatoid arthritis is a signal that the body’s immune system has hit the wrong target: its own cartilage and bone.
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Gene data tool advances prospects for personalized medicine
A sophisticated computational algorithm, applied to a large set of gene markers, has achieved greater accuracy than conventional methods in assessing individual risk for type 1 diabetes.
Oct 09, 2009 |
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Purdue-developed tool can get most pollution control for the money
There may be thousands of things large and small that can be done to better control pollution on even the smallest waterways, and a new tool developed at Purdue University may help sort out how to choose the best ones.
Jun 15, 2009 |
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