Heading for the [ca]BIG time

Also from the Scientist: Heading for the big time, a nice overview of the NCI's caBIG initiative.

"The NCI's bioinformatics network,caBIG, integrates cancer data from across the United states.  Its goal: to speed the transition from research to therapy.

We are watching this closely at Aperio - many researchers want to be able to include digital pathology images in the data managed by this network.