Snapshots of computer systems that are stored and shared 'in the cloud' could make computational analyses more reproducible.
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J.T.D. is supported by the National Library of Medicine Biomedical Informatics Training Grant (T15 LM007033) and A.J.B. is supported by the National Institute for General Medical Sciences (R01 GM079719). We thank D. Singh for valuable discussion regarding cloud-computing technology.
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Dudley, J., Butte, A. In silico research in the era of cloud computing. Nat Biotechnol 28, 1181–1185 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1110-1181
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