Read the article and tell me what you think. Is there too much biology data because of teh genome? Can we ever process that much data? And really what is the purpose for
Here is an article form Wired Magazine http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/10/big-data-biology/
Read the article and tell me what you think. Is there too much biology data because of teh genome? Can we ever process that much data? And really what is the purpose for
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Mitchell Valaitis
10/14/2013 01:19:23 am
The problem inherent in what is going on is quite simple the need to analize. the quantity of data is not the problem as this is the data that is present in the organisms analized. Rather stronger computers that are able to preform quantum calculations are necessary for correct gene sequencing. You wouldn't give someone taking a calculus exam the same basic 4 function calculator you would give an elementary student to someone taking a calculus exam and the same can be said for gene sequencing.
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Taylor Wiggins
10/14/2013 05:32:35 am
Exactly. It's not the mass amount of information that's the problem - it's just our lack of technology that is.
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Ben backovsky
10/21/2013 12:00:30 am
I agree with taylor we definately need to work on improving our technology for these sort of things
Anton Vrebac
10/17/2013 07:31:38 pm
i feel that analysis is dependent on the amount of data observed and/or recorded in which either more simple or more complex conclusions may be formed. So, i am not getting your overall point, because you fail to achieve a fully understandable and complete transition of topic.
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Brian Keller
10/19/2013 03:16:40 pm
the review needs to be more independent and the data is tracked in a more simple way.
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Tom Kruse
10/20/2013 01:26:55 pm
This was clarified in article. It's not the massive data sets of human genomes, but its the fact that the tools to analyze and organize this data into comprehensible forms haven't been invented yet because this was not anticipated. The research used to be the cumbersome part of biology, but now computation has become the difficult task.
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Taylor Wiggins
10/14/2013 05:36:14 am
In the past few decades, biologists have amassed a giant amount of information on human genomes, and the genomes of other species. A lot of people think that this information is simply too much to handle, and that it's not really worth much.
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brian patfield
10/14/2013 05:45:37 am
what I don't understand is why the scientist have put themselves in this problem. I think once they got down what they needed they shouldn't of kept going. Who knows though maybe we don't have enough and who to say.
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Aleah Sokalski
10/14/2013 07:39:36 am
i agree with brian because i also dont understand why they continue going if theyre digging themselves a bigger hole.
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Anson B
10/16/2013 12:47:42 pm
its not about about getting enough information to solve a problem but to get more then needed it to solve many problems.
iva bradvica
10/20/2013 01:44:03 pm
i agree with aleah and brian, took the words right out of my mouth!!
Grace Price
10/17/2013 12:50:16 pm
The reason Rey have this problem is because we don't have the technology to do what we need to do, but they expect soon to have the technology they need. So they got the dirty work out of the way now so that later they can use the technology to get this project done and over with.
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Aleah Sokalski
10/14/2013 07:38:44 am
Biology is such a difficult science to grasp. We are always finding put new things about it and in order to grasp half the knowledge that we know about biology you have to be agenius. I give them props for trying so long and accomplishing all that they have, it cant be easy. But they also need to know when to stop. I know they will find advances in the field, they do all the time.
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Anna Mijatovic
10/20/2013 03:37:22 am
I agree with aleah. Since biology is difficult to come to conclusion with in the first place this time of aspect that comes to mind comes in between something far more than complex. Scientists are for sure doing the best they can.
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Joey Belz
10/21/2013 04:50:53 pm
I agree with Aleah. Scientists definitely need to slow their role and wait for technology to come to them in order for us to analyze and interpret information as expected more efficiently.
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Suzi Newland
10/14/2013 01:22:35 pm
Biology is a big science in general besides just DNA. I think it's good to expand our knowledge. We just got to do it right. Biology genome needs to be broken into different sections for specialists in certain areas. Lack of technology help with genome is also a problem. This is like books and the internet in general. There r a lot of things to read and learn from but you should choose what's important to know because you can't know everything because that's just way to much information. Genome is important it's just that you don't need to do it everything.
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breanna smith
10/16/2013 08:36:26 am
Well biology is quite a big topic to have, there is some much about biology that we probably still don't know so I think obtaining more information giant bad at all and I hope we can learn more. Biology genomes have to have its own section of people researching such about that and really put working into finding out more about them. Having and knowing genomes are good and important to know but some sometimes having to much knowledge of things is not a good thing but can end up being a negative thing and cause more problems than it solves
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Jake Hodges
10/17/2013 01:21:39 am
I agree, although it seems like we have too much data to handle, there seriously is close to an infinite amount that there is to know and somehow we will find a way to get more and more data recorded every day. technology is advancing rapidly and soon more and mre data will be easier and easier to handle.
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Anson B.
10/16/2013 12:43:52 pm
we will be advanced at some point where we can store all of this data, we just lack technology for it right now.
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Connor Addleman
10/20/2013 01:54:37 pm
We need to find a way to solve every problem to then solve this problem. Its like a giant puzzle
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Jake Hodges
10/17/2013 01:26:55 am
Genomes are seriously alot to handle. i mean if we were able to have all the genomes of everybody then there would a lot less problems, but they arent that easy to record. theyre complex and theyre so many of them. i believe that with the advancement of technology however, we will be able to have more and more.
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Sabrena Franko
10/17/2013 04:03:24 am
I think that this is a huge problem because it's taking funding away from smaller & individual grants by trying to keep funding bigger projects about things that seem to be less important. Biologists are taking money away from physics and astronomy projects to work on their own.
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Grace Price
10/17/2013 12:54:33 pm
It astounds me that there are 3 billion DNA base pairs, but I guess with all the organisms on earth it's conceivable. To think that my genome can fit on a DVD is weird because there is so much of me that I think "how on earth does all this fit on a DVD?" I don't understand how life sciences are considered a descriptive science though? Like what makes it a descriptive science? I think it's pretty cool that with all the information biologists have gathered that they can work on finding a cure for allergies and diabetes. Can you imagine spring time with no allergies??? Claritin D and Zertec would go bankrupt!!!!!
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Marko Filipovic
10/19/2013 09:46:25 am
LOL on the Claritin D. I agree we should continue research on the genes. It would be amazing to solve all of our human problems relating to genes. If we do fix the genome then the allergy companies would go bankrupt.
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reagan
10/25/2013 03:41:02 am
i totally agree i think it's just a process of comprehending all of the data we recieve and turning into something useful.
Marko Filipovic
10/19/2013 09:50:20 am
I don't think this to much biological data. We need this data to expand our knowledge on the human body. Over time we can process this if we commit to it. By expanding our knowledge on the genome we can finally answer many important questions about our bodies that we have longed for.
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Josh Durbin
10/20/2013 03:06:18 pm
I agree with Marko. Even if we just collect this data and document it, it can be saved for newer generations with time and technology to help them to figure out.
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Katie Host
10/19/2013 01:48:41 pm
It seems to me that the issue is not that there is too much data but rather that scientists don't really understand their findings. I think once we have the technology, all of the data and how it impacts us will finally make sense. When we understand what the data means, it could prove to be invaluable.
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Erica Strnad
10/20/2013 01:18:18 pm
I agree with Katie 110% there can never be too much data or discoveries! Keeping the research going get give us much more information. They just need to utilize the data and find a cause for what they already know!
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Gabriella Albanese
10/20/2013 02:22:02 pm
I agree with Katie, we need to keep gathering data, the more data the better.
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Hannah Thomas
10/20/2013 11:38:46 pm
The more data we have the more we know, but we woukd have to be able to understand tge data we hold. By having it stacked on a shelf for 20 years isnt going to do us much good, but technology does seem to improve at a fast rate. So maybe scientists will be working on these data that were collected sooner than anticipated
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Matt Grauel
10/21/2013 02:37:53 am
I agree with katie. There are so much information that scientists need to know that it just a gets confusing to grasp it all. The information could confuse them because of the technicality in it.
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Joe Zako
10/25/2013 02:23:31 am
I agree with you. We have a lot of valuable information already and just may not know how to completely use it, but if we can that would be great.
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brian keller
10/19/2013 03:18:32 pm
having too much data isn't the problem i think, the problem is that scientists don't really know how to record and analyze there discoveries.
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Anna Mijatovic
10/20/2013 03:35:28 am
I think that the problem with having such a large about of genome and different aspects causes the scientists to only focus on a few parts instead of the whole, since there is a lot to this. If the scientists could find a fast and simpler way with the genomes there would be no problem in solving this, but i just think theres soo much going on in one particular area that its hard to focus on the main point of it.
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Jensen Luciani
10/20/2013 05:11:36 am
Trying to expand our knowledge on biology is not the problem. The problem is not having the technology to expand, Biology and most other science are rapidly growing with the information we are finding but the technology is still slowly growing. Having all this data and having nowhere to store it is a huge problem. We need to expand our technology so this problem is solved.
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Alex Goody
10/20/2013 08:51:39 am
I think all the information that we take in especially the genomes, hopefully will get better in the future. If we find a way to enterpret the data quickly maybe we can find out more about how to prevent certain diseases. I think it will be a while before this but when we do it will be better for the human race and any other organism to live more comfortably.
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Bill Bordonaro
10/20/2013 10:49:18 am
I think the more data we can collect, the better. The problem occurs with storing and analyzing all the data. As technology improves, being able to share the data will be huge in advancing scientific research and development.
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Ryan Elias
10/20/2013 11:31:27 am
Biology is a big branch if science to get your head around and there is always new discoveries in biology all the time. I think we should collect as much information as possible and as technology grows, storing and sharing information will be easier. We also need the data to increase our knowledge about the human body
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Joshua Flack
10/20/2013 11:50:11 am
The fact alone that we are able to store so much data is amazing. However the funding for the large biological programs is certainly an issue. In our day and age, the economic system of nearly the entire world has been in chaos. My personal belief is that the biological gene projects are a massive waste of money because we are processing data that we have no idea what to do with. Realistically speaking, smaller more focused projects would be the most effective. Think of it this way, a scientist is trying to find a genetic based solution to a disease component. Now what would be easier, to look for an answer in a direct and precise fashion or to look for the answer in a mess of currently useless data? The answer should be clear to many. Just because we have the technological ability to do something doesn't always mean that we should.
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Anton Vrebac
10/20/2013 01:21:14 pm
I believe the scientist are doing the best they can by collecting data. I believe the Biologists are taking money from people to work stuff on their own. we also need data to increase our knowledge. But we just lack technology now
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Jason F
10/20/2013 01:27:51 pm
Biology genome needs to be broken into different sections for specialists in certain areas. In our day and age, the economic system of nearly the entire world has been in chaos.
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Tom Kruse
10/20/2013 01:33:39 pm
The GTCA format of DNA is too basic for biologists to keep up with. it used to a miniscule subdivision of the human genome. As the genome is analyzed more generally, the data with it exponentially increases. The construction of software to compute this data should be funded so the human body can understood on the deepest level and so biotechnology and medicine can be optimized.
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Iva Bradvica
10/20/2013 01:41:31 pm
scientists collect more and more data but the problem is that there isn't tecnology to store it all.
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Connor Addleman
10/20/2013 01:52:06 pm
I may not be the smartest guy around,but I agree. We need bigger, better, stronger computers to handle all of this info.
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Sam Weaver
10/20/2013 03:09:40 pm
I agree with Connor if we are going to keep having all this data we should be able to store it better
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Halle McKinley
10/20/2013 02:14:58 pm
I think they still need to keep studying. We can never know too much about one subject. One small discovery can lead to many more discoveries or one big discovery that we might need in the future. As technology continues to grow, they will be able to store everything eventually so I feel that they should keep discovering new things.
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Gabriella Albanese
10/20/2013 02:32:44 pm
I think we need to keep collecting data, and also need our technology to advance. Once our technology expands, scientists will have a better understanding of the data, which will help make more discoveries.
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ashley edmiston
10/20/2013 03:01:34 pm
The problem isn't that we have large amounts of information, it's that we don't have the technology advancements to know what to do with it. But once we figure out what to do with all this biological information I'm sure it will lead to some major discoveries including treatments for genetic defects.
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Sam Weaver
10/20/2013 03:05:21 pm
I think that if we don't understand a big chunk of data we are recording then we shouldn't be spending so much money. But I do think that research is very important and we obviously need it to advance I just think we should try harder to really understand things before getting too ahead of ourselves.
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Alexa Vickers
10/20/2013 03:21:00 pm
If we don't understand something then why record the data?
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Josh Butchock
10/20/2013 03:21:43 pm
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Jake Stanevich
10/20/2013 03:22:31 pm
Biology is a huge part in science and there are always new discoveries in biology every month. I think if we collect as much data as possible it would be the best for us. If we increase are knowledge and be smarter about things i think we will be way better off.
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Daniel Kunsman
10/20/2013 03:26:33 pm
This article was very fascinating and spot on as well. The reason I thought it was fascinating was the fact that the real issue wasn't the difficulty of the research, but the actual computation and organization of the subject. I guess you could say that as it stands right now, we don't really need to focus on genomics, at the moment, but, sometime in the future we could definitely profit from continuing to expand research in the field of genomics.
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Ashley Nye
10/20/2013 03:28:53 pm
I agree with Connor, we need space to store all of this new information. We keep learning new information but don't have the proper space to store it all in. And like Sam said, if we don't understand some of the data then we shouldn't be spending so much money on it.
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Josh Durbin
10/20/2013 03:41:35 pm
I believe that collecting this data is good because with the growth rate of technology, it will be able to catch up to the data collected and understanding it will become easier because of it.
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Kelly Lang
10/20/2013 03:42:35 pm
I think we should always be trying and wanting to get gather new information no matter what. The only problem is that we don't have the technology yet to explore the new information but it will eventually catch up to our new findings. Biology is such a large topic that we should always want more information about it.
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Colin Curtis
10/20/2013 04:10:09 pm
Too much information is an interesting problem for biology, since the real problem should always be analyzing the data. Computers are always getting faster, so hopefully this will become easier in the near future. On a side note, I agree with Lichtman's statement "neuroscientists will need to get used to the concept of sharing their data." Science should be about learning more about our world and advancing, not who can publish their findings first.
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Grace Connolly
10/20/2013 11:19:00 pm
If technology advanced to the better store and transfer massive amounts of biology data, would it actually help scientists utilize it? I'm not sure, nut I think that it could help other areas of research and that scientists would eventually be able to adapt to use it.
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Hannah Thomas
10/20/2013 11:33:12 pm
Information that we cant analyze is just as useless as not having the information in the first place, but technology is always getting better so i guess we will never know. Hopefully these information we hsve collected will be worked through soon, so we can learn more about ourselves and improve.
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Ben backovsky
10/20/2013 11:59:07 pm
I think that the amount of data scientists are collecting is important for the discoveries of new medicine diseases and cures. Yes i think that we did go crazy with collecting all that data. But i feel it is all necessary. We just need to invent better ways of storing and reading the data
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Tyler Formica
10/21/2013 02:10:09 am
I agree with Ben but we need to go more crazy to find cures bc we don't have the cures we need
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Tyler Formica
10/21/2013 02:06:26 am
I think we need to find cures for diseases like cancer Alzheimer's ms diabetes and the other thousands of health issues people are living with. The people who have these suffer a lot. With the increased technology we have to use we should be close to some cures!!
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Matt Grauel
10/21/2013 02:47:10 am
I think that it is not because of the quantity of the information but the technicality of it. Scientist have to find everything new through technology and it gets difficult to understand with the human brain. Information that we cannot grasp is just useless and would not help us.
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Joey Belz
10/21/2013 04:48:09 pm
I think that these discoveries can dramatically increase the knowledge of humans. However, a human can only hold so much information. Technology will need to be developed even more to help us become even smarter than we are now.
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Christopher M. Zuren
10/24/2013 06:58:50 am
Too much data. Isn't that a funny thing? Too much data in humans for humans to handle. it sounds like a bit of cosmic irony. like the man who traded his horse for a box of mystery, only to open it and find a shiny new bridle. So, mankind, with all your beautifully precious things, your ever improving technology, and your infinite casm of knowledge, what, pray tell, will we do about it? why, there's only one thing to do: invent. it's what we've always done, invented a new way to get that particularly high apple, invent a new way to travel across the land, air, and sea, and now, to further our understanding of our own being, we must invent beyond us. beyond our physical and mental capabilities is where lies an answer to our problems. Maybe the pursuit of knowledge has finally led to the brink of our destruction, but maybe we have been led to the one way to be saved.
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Joe Zako
10/25/2013 02:30:13 am
Hopefully we are able to get the technology to analyze the information that we have and continue to collect more information. This could be critical to our survival in the future and the information could prove to be invaluable.
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reagan
10/25/2013 03:39:57 am
i think there is still a lot scientists need to comprehend before things can go much further. the if they cannot understand the infromation they are recieving they can't do anything with it. who knows maybe once they figure out what all of the information means they can do something astounding with it.
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