Nature

Data meets prior knowledge for interpretable mechanistic inference in biology

While the premier goal of biomedical research is to identify the mechanistic understanding of biological systems, the strategies used to achieve this goal typically fall into two main categories: data ...
Nature

Toward an understanding of when prior knowledge helps or hinders learning

In this short commentary, I will argue that there are several determinants for whether and how prior knowledge affects learning. Put differently, the identical prior knowledge can steer learning ...
RAPS

FDA aims to speed gene therapy development with prior scientific knowledge guidance

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed guidance on the types of scientifically valid prior knowledge sponsors should consider when developing certain gene therapies (GT). The agency ...
TechCrunch

Prior Knowledge: A Predictive Database For Developers

Prior Knowledge debuted Veritable, a predictive database for application developers at Disrupt San Francisco 2012 today. Based upon work first done at MIT, the service is offered through the company’s ...