Title |
Translational bioinformatics applications in genome medicine
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Published in |
Genome Medicine, June 2009
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DOI | 10.1186/gm64 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Atul J Butte |
Abstract |
Although investigators using methodologies in bioinformatics have always been useful in genomic experimentation in analytic, engineering, and infrastructure support roles, only recently have bioinformaticians been able to have a primary scientific role in asking and answering questions on human health and disease. Here, I argue that this shift in role towards asking questions in medicine is now the next step needed for the field of bioinformatics. I outline four reasons why bioinformaticians are newly enabled to drive the questions in primary medical discovery: public availability of data, intersection of data across experiments, commoditization of methods, and streamlined validation. I also list four recommendations for bioinformaticians wishing to get more involved in translational research. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 5 | 6% |
United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
Brazil | 2 | 2% |
Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
France | 1 | 1% |
Colombia | 1 | 1% |
Korea, Republic of | 1 | 1% |
India | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 71 | 84% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 26 | 31% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 13% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 10 | 12% |
Other | 7 | 8% |
Student > Master | 7 | 8% |
Other | 12 | 14% |
Unknown | 12 | 14% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 25 | 29% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 24% |
Computer Science | 16 | 19% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 6% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 2% |
Other | 5 | 6% |
Unknown | 12 | 14% |