Big Data Science is transforming the biomedical research landscape
In 1967, when nuclear physicist Alvin Weinberg1 coined the term Big Science, he was most interested in launching a concentrated effort to develop nuclear technologies. But he anticipated that large-...
Jun, 12, 2017
From cellular responses to drugs, to adverse effects and drug repositioning, systems pharmacology gets the BD2K treatment
Relevant NIH Institutes:NCI, NHLBI, NIDDK, NINDS and all other disease-focused Institutes
The Big Data era in biomedicine offers a grand promise: that by crunching vast quantities of multi-...
Jun, 13, 2017
With enough images and associated data, researchers hone in on more effective ways to diagnose and treat brain disease
Relevant NIH Institutes: NIMH, NINDS, NHLBI, NIA, NIBIB, NIDA, NHGRI, NICHD, and NIAAA
About a year and a half ago, brain imaging researchers at the University of Southern California (USC)...
Jun, 14, 2017
Exceptional computational detective work has the potential to reshape our understanding of when and why diseases strike
Relevant NIH Institutes: NCI, NHLBI, NIAMS, NIA, NINDS, NCATS, and all other disease-focused Institutes
Most people don’t know that they’re sick until they feel, for lack of a...
Jun, 14, 2017
How mobile technology and data science are poised to revolutionize healthcare--with BD2K Centers paving the way
Relevant NIH Institutes: NIMH, NINDS, NHLBI, NIA, NIBIB, NIDA, NHGRI, NICHD, and NIAAA
Having already revolutionized fields ranging from communications to finance, mobile technology and data...
Jun, 14, 2017