caBIG™ Links Newsletter: Issue 11 Now Available

caBIG™ in Action:

Access to Genetic Variants Speeds Disease Research

The 21st century has seen great progress in our understanding of common, complex diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes through the application of genomic and genetic information gained from large-scale research initiatives, including the Human Genome Project and the International HapMap Project. Such projects have opened the door to faster and more effective diagnostic and therapeutic agents, and the pace of discovery is accelerating.

To read the full article, visit: http://cabig.cancer.gov/media/links/May_08/action.asp

caBIG™ Awarded Bio-IT World’s Editor’s Choice Award

The cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid™ (caBIG™) initiative was recently honored as the sole winner of Bio-IT World’s prestigious Editor’s Choice Award 2008, for the implementation of an open source network to speed cancer research.

To read the full article, visit: http://cabig.cancer.gov/media/links/May_08/award.asp

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