Unlocking Small Data, the Next Frontier in Drug Discovery

We've all heard of Big Data—capital B, capital D—and the myriad ways the life sciences industry can exploit it. Algorithms can be used to make sense of vast datasets, helping pathologists analyze tissue samples to diagnose disease, or crunching genomic data to predict a person’s risk for aneurysm. But what about “small data?” Can we apply the tools we have used for big data in situations where little or no data are available?