Medical, health, and genomics
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Battling Tuberculosis Using Microsoft Technology
Microsoft Research develops a biometric monitoring system to help patients complete tuberculosis treatment programs.
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Cloud Computing Unlocks Drug Discovery
Antibiotics, antivirals, NSAIDs—the list of modern “wonder drugs” goes on and on. And yet many diseases remain resistant to drug therapy, and in other instances, the side effects of drug treatment are as bad as…
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The A-Brain Project
Joint genetic and neuroimaging data analysis on large cohorts of subjects is a new approach used to assess and understand the variability that exists between individuals. This approach has remained poorly understood so far and…
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Software for Programming Cells
Living cells are highly sophisticated computational machines, constantly processing information to survive, grow and reproduce. If we could program cells as effectively as we program digital computers, we could make fundamental breakthroughs in health and…
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Microsoft Research Project India TB Trailer
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FaST-LMM and Windows Azure Put Genetics Research on Faster Track
Although researchers are able to collect, store, and analyze tremendous volumes of data, technological and storage limitations can severely impact the speed at which these data can be analyzed. A new algorithm developed by Microsoft…
