Introduction

Bioinformatics is playing a very important role in Medical Sciences using statistical techniques in latest molecular biology. Bioinformatics is the use of IT in biotechnology for the data storage, data warehousing and analyzing the DNA sequences. In Bioinformatics knowledge of many branches are required like biology, mathematics, computer science, laws of physics & chemistry, and of course sound knowledge of IT to analyze biotech data. Bioinformatics is not limited to the computing data, but in reality it can be used to solve many biological problems and find out how living things works. It is the comprehensive application of mathematics (e.g., probability and statistics), science (e.g., biochemistry), and a core set of problem-solving methods (e.g., computer algorithms) to the understanding of living systems.
Bioinformatics is being used in following fields: Molecular medicine, Personalized medicine, Preventative medicine, Gene therapy, Drug development, Microbial genome applications, Waste cleanup, Climate change Studies, Alternative energy sources, Biotechnology, Antibiotic resistance, Forensic analysis of microbes, Bio-weapon creation, Evolutionary studies, Crop improvement, Insect resistance, Improve nutritional quality, Development of Drought resistance varieties, Veterinary Science. The collaboration of the Virtual University of Pakistan and University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore is a step toward the establishment of just such a favourable ambience for teaching and research. With the help of this collaboration joint research projects can be launched in life sciences and better results can be achieved with proper use of statistical sciences.
The B.S program will incorporate the expertise of the two universities, and draw upon their distinctive strengths. It is a well-balanced combination of medical and statistical sciences. The program will constitute of eight semesters.