Categoría: Health informatics
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Big data and human height: Scientists develop algorithm to boost biobank data retrieval and analysis
Extracting and analyzing relevant medical information from large-scale databases such as biobanks poses considerable challenges. To exploit such «big data,» attempts have focused on large sampling algorithms that model individual data points. However, …
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Electronic informed consent in research on rare diseases sees strong participant interest
Research on rare diagnoses and the development of precision medicine depend on patients being able to share their health data in a secure and ethical manner. The research study, published in Scientific Reports, in which a digital platform was developed…
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Q&A: Researcher discusses new tool to predict how cancer evolves
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have developed a new way to predict how cancer cells evolve by gaining and losing whole chromosomes, changes that help tumors grow, adapt and resist treatment. In a new study, scientists describe a computational app…
