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CollabRx

CollabRx, Inc. was a company that offered cloud-based expert systems for selecting clinical treatments for molecular diseases such as cancer. Its technology revolved around dynamically updated molecular disease models that form the basis of the expert systems. One of the challenges evolving from the recent explosion in biological information is to distill actionable clinically relevant therapy approaches from the vast amount of data available. The knowledgebases that inform the models were updated by a large network of advisors from academic and medical institutions. Access to the expert systems was offered under software-as-a-service contracts. A major user of the technology was expected to be DNA testing laboratories which hope to translate patient-specific genetic characterization to patient-specific clinical treatment advice for molecular diseases.

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Article summary

CollabRx, Inc. was a company that offered cloud-based expert systems for selecting clinical treatments for molecular diseases such as cancer. Its technology revolved around dynamically updated molecular disease models that form the basis of the expert systems. One of the challenges evolving from the recent explosion in biological information is to distill actionable clinically relevant therapy approaches from the vast amount of data available. The knowledgebases that inform the models were updated by a large network of advisors from academic and medical institutions. Access to the expert systems was offered under software-as-a-service contracts. A major user of the technology was expected to be DNA testing laboratories which hope to translate patient-specific genetic characterization to patient-specific clinical treatment advice for molecular diseases.

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  1. date of foundation: 2008 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2008". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1264769693

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