News on bioinformatics, software, genome analysis, variant classification, and IT in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.
Coimbra Genomics' platform, Elsie, will be used for analysis of clinical cases at the medical genetics unit of Coimbra Hospital and Universitary Centre.
Researchers developed a gene expression-based classifier for four gastric cancer subtypes and found that some are associated with better outcomes than others.
The release has been accompanied by acute interest from the genomics community, which views the resource as a "game changer" for anyone working in human genetics.
Researchers got together at the ISMB/ECCB conference to create, clean up, and organize Wikipedia articles on biomedical informatics.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT sees long-term potential in APIs for secure transfer of clinical and genomic data, but it's not quite there yet on the genomic side.
