Biologists merge methods, results from different disciplines to find new meaning in old data

A growing number of scientists are merging methods and results from different disciplines to extract new meaning from old data, say researchers. As science becomes increasingly focused on new data, however, researchers who want to analyze previous findings may have a hard time getting funding and institutional support, the authors say. The authors argue for removing cultural and technological barriers to this process.

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