News tagged with genome database

Shrinking 'ridiculous' data sets to manageable size

Two decades ago a renowned statistician described a computer data set of 1 billion bytes as "huge" and 10 trillion bytes as "ridiculous."

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Contamination found in nearly a quarter of genome databases

(PhysOrg.com) -- UConn scientists say the results could complicate disease identification in humans.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Google-backed 23andMe hits major milestone: 100,000 users in DNA database

Mountain View, Calif., genomics startup 23andMe just hit a milestone: As of Wednesday, 100,000 people have uploaded their genetic code to the 4-year-old company's database.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0