Can Big Data Help Cure Cancer?

InformationWeek: Curing cancer seems like something that would happen at hospitals and not in computer rooms. But applying analytics to human DNA and the DNA of cancer cells is a promising frontier of cancer research that can help patients get the best treatment for the type of cancer they have, minimize the negative impact of that treatment on them, and ultimately save lives.

For Intel's Bryce Olson, it's a personal mission.

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