NJIT professor finds engineering technique to identify disease-causing genes

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 16:49 in Biology & Nature

Scientists believe that complex diseases such as schizophrenia, major depression and cancer are not caused by one, but a multitude of dysfunctional genes. A novel computational biology method developed by a research team led by Ali Abdi, PhD, associate professor in NJIT`s department of electrical and computer engineering, has found a way to uncover the critical genes responsible for disease development.

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