Use of Drug Interaction Networks for Drug Repositioning
The knowledge of the exact mechanism behind the action of many pharmaceutical ingredients is often limited. If we don’t know quite how a drug works, it can be hard to predict what else it might be useful for. A drug can be approved for one use, but it may turn out to be incredibly useful […]
The Lantern
In a sort of elaboration of Zachary’s Karate Club, networks are constructed and analyzed by Paul Privateer’s software tool in an effort to undermine violence in schools: https://www.elastic.co/blog/behavior-correlation-using-elasticsearch-cause-award-honoree-noschoolviolence This tool is called The Lantern, a tool to help analyze school networks for observable patterns. These patterns involve data about grades, school records, and sudden social […]