Keynote talks and presentations from the 2015 Big Data in Biomedicine conference at Stanford are now available on the Stanford YouTube channel. To continue the …
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Nobel Laureate Michael Levitt explains why “biology is information rich” at Big Data in Biomedicine
Keynote talks and presentations from the 2015 Big Data in Biomedicine conference at Stanford are now available on the Stanford YouTube channel. To continue the …
Widely prescribed heartburn drugs may heighten heart-attack risk
Heartburn - that burning sensation in the chest that occurs when stomach acid rises up into your esophagus - has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do …
At Big Data in Biomedicine, Stanford’s Lloyd Minor focuses on precision health
In the next decade, Stanford Medicine will lead the biomedical revolution in precision health, Dean Lloyd Minor, MD, told attendees of the final day of …
At Big Data in Biomedicine, Nobel laureate Michael Levitt and others talk computing and crowdsourcing
Nobel laureate Michael Levitt, PhD, has been using big data since before data was big. A professor of structural biology at Stanford, Levitt's simulations of …
On the move: Big Data in Biomedicine goes mobile with discussion on mHealth
Ida Sim, MD, PhD, would like to prescribe data as easily as she orders a blood test or a prescription for antibiotics. Sim, a professor …
Big Data in Biomedicine panelists: Genomics’ future is bright, thanks to data-science tools
Stanford's annual Big Data in Biomedicine began this morning with a "breathtaking set of talks," as described by Russ Altman, MD, PhD, a Stanford professor of bioengineering, genetics …
Big Data in Biomedicine conference kicks off today
The third annual Big Data in Biomedicine conference kicks off today on the Stanford campus. The three-day event brings together thought leaders from academia, information …
“An extremely interesting time to be a geneticist”: Using big data to identify rare diseases
With cheaper, faster genetic sequencing, researchers are able to pinpoint rare gene variants that may be contributing to disease. But to find "the actual, causal …
Countdown to Big Data in Biomedicine: Technical showcase to spotlight companies’ innovations
Later this week, thought-leaders from academia, information technology corporations, venture capital firms, the U.S. government and foundations will convene for the Big Data in Biomedicine …
Vinod Khosla shares thoughts on disrupting health care with data science
Prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla is a strong believer that data science will reinvent health care as we know it - and it's position he …
Countdown to Big Data in Biomedicine: Leveraging big data technology to advance genomics
video platform video management video solutionsvideo player During last year's Big Data in Biomedicine conference, David Glazer, director of engineering at Google, described how the …
Countdown to Big Data in Biomedicine: Mining medical records to identify patterns in public health
video platform video management video solutionsvideo player The routine information contained in medical records holds the potential to unlock important public-health discoveries. That was the …
Collecting buried biomedical treasure – using big data
The answers to some of today's most pressing biomedical questions may be hiding in medical centers - and physicians' offices - across the country. Buried in medical …
Finding asthma outbreaks using Twitter: How social media can improve disease detection
Want to know if bad air has sparked an asthma epidemic in your neighborhood? Well, you'll have to wait several weeks using traditional epidemiologic methods, a …
Stanford bioengineer discusses mining social media and smartphone data for biomedical research
During the 2014 Big Data in Biomedicine conference, Stanford bioengineer and geneticist Russ Altman, MD, PhD, spoke about the possibility of collecting data directly from …