Bioinformatics data integration solutions can be as diverse as the types of information they are intended to bring together. But a recent meeting on the subject, Barnett International’s Bioinformatics and Data Integration conference held in Boston last week, highlighted an emerging trend in the effort to merge biology’s disparate data streams: Researchers are beginning to anchor integration projects by utilizing their growing knowledge of biological pathways.
A case in point is the approach taken by Paradigm Genetics.