HOW UCLA STEM CELL RESEARCH IS TRANSFORMING MEDICINE

Glossary

Bioinformatics

Combines biology and computational science. It involves analyzing biological data using computational tools, such as algorithms and databases. Bioinformatics helps researchers sift through large amounts of data to understand biological processes, and study genes, proteins and genomes.

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