Digital Code of Life: How Bioinformatics is Revolutionizing Science, Medicine, and BusinessJohn Wiley & Sons, 3 feb 2004 - 400 pagina's A behind-the-scenes look at the most lucrative discipline within biotechnology Bioinformatics represents a new area of opportunity for investors and industry participants. Companies are spending billions on the potentially lucrative products that will come from bioinformatics. This book looks at what companies like Merck, Glaxo SmithKline Beecham, and Celera, and hospitals are doing to maneuver themselves to leadership positions in this area. Filled with in-depth insights and surprising revelations, Digital Code of Life examines the personalities who have brought bioinformatics to life and explores the commercial applications and investment opportunities of the most lucrative discipline within genomics. Glyn Moody (London, UK) has published numerous articles in Wired magazine. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book Rebel Code. |
Inhoudsopgave
The Code of Life | 1 |
Blast from the Past | 11 |
Genome Delight | 37 |
Speed Matters | 55 |
Science versus Business | 79 |
Showing the Data | 105 |
A Very Different Animal | 129 |
Peoples Genes | 159 |
Free Expression | 213 |
The Common Fold | 241 |
The Promise of Proteomics | 267 |
Sum of the Parts | 293 |
Genomic Prescriptions | 321 |
Further Reading | 353 |
Glossary | 355 |
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Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Digital Code of Life: How Bioinformatics is Revolutionizing Science ... Glyn Moody Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2004 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Affymetrix alleles amino acids analysis announced approach arrays bioinformatics Blue Gene called cancer cDNA Celera Genomics Celera Genomics press cell chemical chromosome coli collaboration complete Consortium Craig Venter create database deCODE disease DNA sequence DNA vaccines drug Eric Lander explained folding fruit fly funding GenBank gene expression genetic tests Genome Research genome sequence Genomics press release genotyping haplotype Hood Human Genome Project HUPO Icelandic important Incyte Institute interactions J.C. Venter laboratories Lander later microarray million model organism mouse mRNA Nature NHGRI October Online paper patent pathogen pathways percent pharmaceutical possible produce proteomics published regulatory result Sanger Centre Science scientific scientists sequencing the human shotgun sequencing SNPs structural genomics Sulston systems biology technique TIGR tion transcription factors tumor Waterston Watson Wellcome Wellcome Trust Whitehead whole-genome shotgun wrote yeast
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