
CHAPTER 28
Objectives
Bioinformatics, Biomedical
Informatics, and
Computational Biology
Dee McGonigle and Kathleen Mastrian
1. Describe bioinformatics, biomedical informatics,
and computational biology.
2. Appreciate the intertwining of bioinformatics and
health care in biomedical informatics.
3. Imagine the future of health care based on
genomics.
INTRODUCTION
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) (2004a)
states that “Biology in the 21st century is being transformed from a
purely lab-based science to an information science as well” (para. 5).
What must be remembered when delving into the new informatics
frontier is that biologic systems ...