Physiology and medicine / Ivan Yu. Torshin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torshin, Ivan Yu.

Series:

Bioinformatics in the post-genomic era.

Bioinformatics in the post-genomic era

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bioinformatics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Several years have passed after the sequencing of the human genome and what might be called as âeoethe post-genomic eraâe has begun. Of course, there are many different genomes and the term âeoepost-genomicâe does not necessarily imply the human genome. However, it is the data encoded in the human genome that hold the promise to be of practical importance in a wide range of biomedical applications. The sequencing and preliminary annotations of the human genome provided an incredible amount of the raw, largely unprocessed information. Coupled with the millions of publications on human physiology already available in public databases, it is clear that certain informational strategies should be adopted for the retrieval, analysis and representation of these data. Among biological sciences, bioinformatics is a specific branch that deals with managing complexities in the biological information. However, the bioinformatics is in no way restricted to the compilation of large databases or elaboration of sophisticated software. The methods of bioinformatics can greatly assist the generation of productive hypotheses that allow subsequent experimental testing followed by confirmation or disproval. The main idea behind the present volume is not worrying about the steadily growing amounts of biomedical information or about the relative quality of it. This volume, as well as the entire book series, is based on the purpose-oriented attitude: how to make a good use of this information in particular research projects.

Contents:

Systems within the systems within the systems

Some basics of cardiovascular physiology, pathology and genetics

Biomedical studies and studies of the studies

MedSNP: a middle ground between physiology, genetics,g and medicine

Analyses of the data consistency

The functional genomics quest

Molecular cascades and metabolic pathways

Metabolome analyses and drug design.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-62618-183-7

OCLC:

847619087