31 March 2009

Diseasome ~ Mapping the Genetics of Ailments

Click on and check out this interactive map of the Diseasome linked from this NYTimes related article Redefining Disease, Genes and All by Andrew Pollack. It's from nearly a year ago, but I think it's a great example of visualizing interconnections in health and disease. FYI, the key people behind this interactive map are Marc Vidal, Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, and Michael Cusick who published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...

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