Teaching Computers to Recognize Unhealthy Guts – SDSC’s ‘Gordon’ Supercomputer Assists in New Microbiome Study
January 18, 2017 - A new proof-of-concept study by researchers from the University of California San Diego has succeeded in training computers to “learn” what a healthy versus an unhealthy gut microbiome looks like based on its genetic makeup.
Using Pairwise Difference Features to Measure Temporal Changes in the Microbial Ecology
The exponential affordability of DNA sequencing technologies has enabled not only the accessible and rapid sequencing of the human genome, but the opportunity to sequence vast numbers of multi-cellular organism and the tiniest microbes.
The Revolution Will Be Digitized – Washington Post
Spearheaded by the flood of wearable devices, a movement to quantify consumers’ lifestyles is evolving into big business with immense health and privacy ramifications.