Author : 
Akay, M. ; Yuan-Ting Zhang ; Nikita, Konstantina S. ; Andrade, Maria F. ; Ouzounis, C.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
These tutorials/keynote speeches discuss the following: the effects of nicotine exposure on the complexity and the genetic patterns of dopamine neurons in VTA; from 6-Ps medicine to cardiovascular health informatics; computer-aided interpretation of vascular images towards valid diagnosis and risk stratification of atherosclerosis; turning data into predictions of gene and protein function; from reading to writing (and rewriting) the code of life: the future of biology - scientific, ethical, legal, civil and social issues.
         
        
            Keywords : 
bioinformatics; cardiovascular system; diseases; ethical aspects; genetics; health care; law; medical image processing; molecular biophysics; neural nets; proteins; socio-economic effects; 6-Ps medicine; VTA; atherosclerosis diagnosis; bioengineering; bioinformatics; cardiovascular health informatics; civil issues; computer-aided interpretation; dopamine neurons; ethical issues; gene prediction; genetic patterns; legal issues; nicotine exposure effects; protein function; risk stratification; scientific issues; social issues; vascular image interpretation; ventral tegmental area;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Bioinformatics & Bioengineering (BIBE), 2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Larnaca
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4673-4357-2
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/BIBE.2012.6399640