March 2010

ClustPK: A windows-based cluster analysis tool

There is a great need to develop analytical methodologies to analyze and exploit the information contained in gene expression data obtained from microarray-based experiments. Because of large number of genes and complexity of biological networks, clustering is a useful exploratory technique for analysis of such data. Different data analysis techniques and algorithms have been developed which are used to cluster the gene...

Author(s): Masood ur Rehman Kayani, Umair Shahzad Alam, Farida Anjum and Asif Mir

March 2010

In silico studies of multi drug resistance (MDR) genetic markers of Plasmodium species

Multi-drug resistance malaria species has been and still is the cause of much morbidity and mortality of malaria throughout the tropics. This epidemic has devastated large populations likewise posed a serious barrier to economic growth in developing countries. The major obstacles however, is it prevention and treatment due to emerging multi-drug resistant (MDR) species. Therefore, anti-malarial drug development needs to...

Author(s): Clarence Suh Yah and Segun Fatumo