I think of it as computer management/analysis of bio-databases. I think
of sequence databases mainly, but I guess the category could also include
such things as trials data, patient info, etc. The crucial element to my
thinking is the presence of a database, and probably quite a large one.
P Wickware, Oakland, CA
On 1 Feb 1994 PARSONS_A at snd01.pcr.co.uk wrote:
> Greetings Netfolk,
>> I hope this is the first posting that has made it as this question will be
> pretty tiresome by now (if its not apologies my PC based newsreader is playing
> up).
>> BIOINFORMATICS.
>> In the great world of molecular biology computation and information science
> there are many imponderables. One of which is "Does anyone have a definition
> of what Bioinformatics actually is?"
>> If you have one or want to suggest one I am all ears. I will summarise back to
> the net if there is sufficient interest.
>> Many thanks,
>> Tony Parsons
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