The cost of sequencing the entire human genome, or exome - the regions of the genome that are translated into proteins that affect cell behavior - has decreased significantly, to the point where the cost of looking at the majority of a patient's genomic data may be less expensive than...
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, led by Lucila Ohno-Machado, MD, PhD, chief of the Division of Biomedical Informatics in the Department of Medicine, have received two federal grants totaling more than $25 million to develop new ways to gather, analyze...
Stephan G. Erberich, PhD, has been appointed to the newly created position of Director of Biomedical Informatics at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. In his new role, Dr. Erberich will lead the team's efforts to apply the principles of computer science and...