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    IPR ISSUES IN Bl0lNFORMATlCS
    (TANUVAS, Chennai, 2009-09) Dhanapalan, P.; TANUVAS
    IPR is an acronym that hardly needs to be expanded nowadays. We encounter intellectual property at every step of our life today. The design on the bed sheet and the pillow covers, the bed and other items of furniture in the house, the cereals for break fast, the pasteurised milk in tetra pack, the soft drinks and their bottles, the television, the personal computer, the gas stove, the microwave oven, the refrigerator, the vehicles, the weighing machine, the books, the films, the music cassettes, the tiles, the paints, and practically everything we use is the product of man’s ingenuity, knowledge and skill, besides labour and capital; and it falls under some kind of intellectual property that had to be respected before the item could be lawfully manufactured.
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    DATA MINING FOR DRUG DISCOVERY
    (TANUVAS, Chennai, 2009-09) Dhanapalan, P.; Sujatha, P.L.; Devendran, P.; TANUVAS
    Data mining sifts through huge amounts of information and extracts previously unrealised information about molecular compounds, product portfolio, clinical studies, and customer information that can be applied to accelerate drug discovery and development. For example, you could match desirable biochemical specifications with disease. and patient characteristics, and select compounds with the highest probability of a favourable safety and efficacy profile.
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    BIOINFORMATICS IN ANIMAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES
    (TANUVAS, Chennai, 2009-09) Dhanapalan, P.; TANUVAS
    It is undeniable that, among the sciences, biology played a key role in the twentieth century. That role is likely to acquire further importance in the years to come. In the wake of the work of Watson and Crick, and the sequencing of the human genome, far-reaching discoveries are constantly being made. One of the central factors promoting the importance of biology is its relationship with medicine.