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Bioinformatics, Cheminformatics, Small Molecule Informatics, Oh My!

Dec 19, 2008

At his blog, Russ Altman discusses the increased interest in using informatics to analyze small molecules. He says this trend is due to the availability of small molecule information at PubChem and other sites. "A critical need is open source tools for small molecule informatics processing, and I believe these are starting to emerge (not fast enough, I have a student looking hard for a basic package upon which we can build)," he writes.

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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.