Finding order amid the cacophony of data

The exploding volume and complexity of genetic information means that statistical analysis will become increasingly important to companies trying to make sense of SNP and other genetic data.

For example, Orchid BioSciences Inc. last week entered a deal to expand its ability to analyze data generated by its high throughput genotyping platform. ORCH (Princeton, N.J.) obtained access to analytical software developed by DNAprint Genomics Inc. (DNAP, Sarasota, Fla.) and purchased an option to co-develop and co-commercialize DNAP's technologies for haplotype determination and multivariate associations with complex human traits...