The U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI), a division of the NIH, has released open-source software for sharing and analyzing microarray data. Excerpt from the February 11 press release: 'The new tool will advance the NCI's goal of creating an information-sharing network modeled on the World Wide Web for cancer researchers as well as researchers in other fields. The open-source, open-access software tool, caArray version 1.0, developed by the NCI Center for Bioinformatics (NCICB), can be used to create public repositories of microarray data, linking scientists within an institution or around the globe. The tool provides the means for storing, accessing, and exchanging information created through standard platforms. Mechanisms to ensure the controlled and secure sharing of sensitive data are included.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/14/2005 10:41:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
