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Number Crunch: Nov 1, 2001

Nov 01, 2001
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Warehouse Wins

Data management is a specter that haunts countless computational genomics researchers. The warehousing option continues to grow in popularity.

77% of pharma, biotech, and genomics companies use data warehousing

Data warehouses are used for: 47% LIMS, 47% Bioinformatics, 32% Clinical trials, 32% Pharmacokinetics

Projected increase in number of warehouses: 36% annual, 150% 3-4years

 

Breaking News
The Scan

Pig Organ Transplants Considered

The Wall Street Journal reports that the US Food and Drug Administration may soon allow clinical trials that involve transplanting pig organs into humans.

'Poo-Bank' Proposal

Harvard Medical School researchers suggest people should bank stool samples when they are young to transplant when they later develop age-related diseases.

Spurred to Develop Again

New Scientist reports that researchers may have uncovered why about 60 percent of in vitro fertilization embryos stop developing.

Science Papers Examine Breast Milk Cell Populations, Cerebral Cortex Cellular Diversity, Micronesia Population History

In Science this week: unique cell populations found within breast milk, 100 transcriptionally distinct cell populations uncovered in the cerebral cortex, and more.