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.

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