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...techniques rely either on machine learning technologies or on reports from the “Facebook community,” but that concept is a bit like McDonald’s declaring itself a “community of hamburger eaters.” There is nothing in particular that ties Facebook users together, aside from a basic, unremarkable pleasure that human beings take in connecting with one another. And...

...Techniques Area at the Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIM-Indore). He has a PhD in Statistics from North Carolina State University and worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center before joining IIM-Indore. His primary research interests include Bayesian inference, high-dimensional models and graphical models. Interview...

...techniques permitting the modification of genetic material and introducing it into the human body allow for the exploration of new avenues in the treatment of rare diseases. For example, gene therapy for CLN3 disease is currently in development to give patients a normal copy of the CLN3 gene; using a modified virus injected into the spinal fluid, to reach the brain1. This...