Deeper Than ancestry.com, 'EvoCor' Searches for Gene Relationships
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 15:30
in Biology & Nature
A team led by Gregorio Valdez of the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute has designed a search engine that identifies genes that are functionally linked. The discovery may lead to ways to treat diseases that have a genetic component, such as cancer or Alzheimer's.