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The Convergence of Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics. -- PL Chang, M.D. Total Genes – 28939 (07-28-2006) – Build 36.1. Protein Synthesis. 38320 Structures (Aug 22, 2006). Protein 3D structure. Informatics United: Combining Medical Informatics and Bioinformatics.
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The Convergence of Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics -- PL Chang, M.D.
Total Genes – 28939 (07-28-2006) – Build 36.1
Protein Synthesis 38320 Structures (Aug 22, 2006) Protein 3D structure
Informatics United: Combining Medical Informatics and Bioinformatics • The use of image processing techniques for the analysis of the dynamics of cell nuclei • The application of medical informatics tools for data mining in bioinformatics • Clinical decision support systems based on bioinformatics have the potential to improve medical diagnostics and lead to a personalized delivery of healthcare
Clinical Applications • Diagnostic tools • Gene chips, protein chips • Early detection of infectious agent, congenital disorders, susceptibility to disease and, eventually, idiosyncrasy • Drug Discovery/Development • Gene expression profile • Protein structure and candidate molecules
Clinical Bioinformatics Medical informatics Genomics Proteomics Comparative genome analysis Bio-decision support system Pharmacogenomics Microarray Structure databases Systems biology Bioinformatics in cancer research Personalized medicine Clinical Applications
How Will the Medicine of the 21st Century Be Like? • BioMedical informatics • Medical informatics and bioinformatics • Intelligent representation, storage, retrieval and application • Data and Text mining • Personalized medicine • Diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis based on bioinformatics