Bioinformatics utilizes modern computer science that includes cloud computing, statistics, mathematics, and even pattern recognition, reconstruction, machine learning, simulation and iterative approaches, and molecular modeling/algorithms. Being a combination of different branches of life sciences, the objective of bioinformatics is to develop methodologies and tools to study large volumes of biological data in order to organize, store, systematize, visualize, annotate, query, understand, and interpret those data.

Bioinformatics is an integrative field in life sciences that combines biology and information technology. Its application includes the study of molecular sequences and genomics data. Bioinformatics has proven quite useful in medicine as the complete sequencing of the human genome has helped to unlock the genetic contribution for many diseases. Its applications include drug discovery, personalized medicine, preventative medicine, and gene therapy.