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  1. Re:bioinformatics.org? by andorsch · · Score: 1 · on Open Source Biology Initiative
    well there is http://www.open-bio.org/ which hosts
    • biojava,
    • biopython,
    • bioperl,
    • etc.
  2. Re:Done Deal by glwtta · · Score: 1 · on The Opening of Biotech

    let's not forget these projects.

  3. Retroviruses, Open Source, and Cancer by airuck · · Score: 1 · on The Human Genome: More Viruses than Genes?


    In spite of Microsoft claims to the contrary, open source is helping to cure cancer.

    Sagres Discovery (my employer) takes advantage of naturally occuring retroviruses in mice to identify genes that cause cancer. This isn't novel technology (in fact its been around for nearly 20 years), but Sagres has turned it into a high throughput saturation screen with robotics,open source bioinformatics tools, and clustered Linux computing.

    The Bioinformatics Open Souce Conference conference was held in Endmonton, Canada last week. In one of many projects moving towards open source standards and information, the National Cancer Institute announced caBIO, an open API for accessing NCI's comprehensive cancer databases.

  4. Open Source Bioinformatics by Bizzaro · · Score: 3 · on Bioinformatics
    Some people in the field are now releasing their software under Free/Open Source licenses. It may seem odd to non-scientists that the license is an issue. Isn't all scientific work free and open? Far from it, especially in bioinformatics, where, as you may have read, there is a lot of money involved.

    A couple organizations have taken it upon themselves to promote freedom and openness in bioinformatics. One, Bioinformatics.org, has a modified version of SourceForge so that the community can perform project management and collaborations on a community-run website. Bioinformatics.org has other services, such as website hosting, news forums, a software registry and repository, and more to come. The organization currently hosts 27 projects and has over 600 members. (Disclaimer: I am the Director of the organization.)

    Another organization, The Open Bioinformatics Foundation, supports the development of several language libraries for bioinformatics, such as the famous BioPerl. They also host the BOSC conference mentioned in the post.

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    This sort of thing has cropped up before. And it has always been due to human error.