Today, April 25, is the National DNA Day! The day commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project (see PBS Nova video: Cracking the Code Of Life) in April 2003, and the discovery of DNA's double helix molecular structure in 1953 by James Watson and Francis
Crick.
63 years later, DNA analysis
and manipulation play major roles in nearly every aspect of our lives. It opens the door for new possibilities in medical field such as preventive medicine, 
pharmacogenomics, and gene therapy. With the help of computer science and technology (Bioinformatics), gene sequencing has accelerated its speed exponentially, and it's cost has also drop exponentially
(even faster than the Moore's Law!). The result is that the available
genomics data has grown at the rate faster than any research can handle.
pharmacogenomics, and gene therapy. With the help of computer science and technology (Bioinformatics), gene sequencing has accelerated its speed exponentially, and it's cost has also drop exponentially
(even faster than the Moore's Law!). The result is that the available
genomics data has grown at the rate faster than any research can handle.
With this big amount of data, machine learning will be the best candidate technology to tackle this challenge. Machine learning has brought breakthroughs in computer vision, natural language procession, data mining in the past few years. Now, it will become a powerful tool in bioinformatics to revolutionize the field of biology and medicine. While celebrating the National DNA Day, let's start our adventure!
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