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Bioinformatics and computational biology will enable breakthroughs in basic biological research and improvements in the prevention, treatment, and cure of diseases.

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                                    cover image Communications of the ACM
                                    Communications of the ACM  Volume 47, Issue 11
                                    Bioinformatics
                                    November 2004
                                    106 pages
                                    ISSN:0001-0782
                                    EISSN:1557-7317
                                    DOI:10.1145/1029496
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