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Big data – charting a new path to drug discovery and development

Drug Discovery World

Now, with the growth of publicly available genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics databases, the ability to quickly carry out large-scale DNA, RNA, and protein screenings, and the availability of massive sets of de-identified patient data, the amount of high-value, analysable data has reached enormous proportions.

Science 100
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Synthetic biology tools advancing and accelerating drug discovery efforts

Drug Discovery World

Rapid and accurate DNA synthesis . Conventional DNA synthesis, typically used for making sequences such as primers, employs phosphoramidite chemistry, a method that was developed in the 1980s and is still considered the gold standard for DNA synthesis. .

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A scientist devotes her career to tackling inequity in genomics

Broad Institute

At the Broad, Martin is also helping lead data analysis in two large international studies that are sequencing the DNA of people from Africa and Latin America to learn about the genetics of severe mental illness. Alicia Martin and attendees of the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust/GINGER Bioinformatics training in Kilifi, Kenya in September 2018.