• Trendspotting: Predictions for Bio-IT World in 2025

    Jan 07 | Bio-IT World | 2024 was full of innovative ideas and achievements. We spoke with industry experts and leaders about what to anticipate in the new year. Here are the full trends and predictions, including more on AI/ML, multimodal data, drug discovery, new policies, spatial biology, and more. More

  • Top Stories of 2024: Illumina, Pistoia Alliance, Generative AI, Sequencing, More

    Jan 03 | Bio-IT World | Last year, the world of biotech achieved much with AI, sequencing, treatment development, and more. The Trends from the Trenches podcast also covered data management strategies, embracing change, and the technologies driving data-intensive science. To kick off the new year, here are the top stories and top podcast episodes of 2024 from Bio-IT World and Trends from the Trenches. More

  • AI Can’t Fix Bad Data: Why Semantic Technologies Are Key to R&D Acceleration

    Dec 30 | Bio-IT World | What role will AI play in the future of drug development, especially as novel therapeutic approaches such as precision medicine drive up the complexity and cost of research? Some industry headlines hype AI as a magic bullet, capable of cutting through the headwinds of slow development cycles, shifting regulations, and high rates of failure. For companies racing to reach the market with safe and compliant new drug products, this vision of AI is compelling—and it’s driving heavy investment. More

  • BC Platform, University of Nottingham Partnership, Certis Oncology Launches AI Assistant, More

    Dec 27 | Bio-IT World | BC Platforms enters an extended joint partnership with the University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust to provide data sharing platforms and tools; Certis Oncology Solutions launches CertisOI Assistant, an innovative chatbot tool ; and more. More

  • Follow the Money: Teaching AI Physics, AI-Powered Digital Twins of Cells, More

    Dec 23 | Bio-IT World | AQEMIA intends to teach its generative AI platform quantum-inspired, atomic-scale physics to transform drug discovery; DeepLife plans to develop AI-powered models of human cells, known as digital twins of cells, for drug discovery; and more. More

  • Researchers Call for an Open AI Virtual Cell, Outline Challenges to Overcome

    Dec 18 | Bio-IT World | In a Perspectives paper published last week in Cell, researchers from Stanford University, Genentech, and the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative issued a call for AI to build a virtual cell. Technology is ripe for a biologically-valuable virtual cell, they say, outlining their views of the priorities and opportunities. More

  • Renee Iacona on Why Future Scientists Need to Learn About Data Science

    Dec 17 | Bio-IT World | It has been a momentous year for artificial intelligence and machine learning. AI models can simulate clinical trials, diagnose diseases early, and detect biomarkers, and there is still no shortage of innovative ideas. However, there are some concerns surrounding AI/ML that have also been at the forefront of the industry. The latest episode of Trends from the Trenches covers one of these concerns. More

  • Ingredient in Children’s Glue Helps Tumors Retain Cancer Drug

    Dec 13 | Bio-IT World | Japan has long taken a leadership role in the pursuit of boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) as a treatment for cancer. The approach involves injecting patients with a boron-containing compound that accumulates in tumor cells and acts as an exclusive target for neutrons to kill and was the research focus of a pair of Harvard scientists throughout the 1950s. More

  • Some Gut Bacteria Can be Transmitted Through Close Social Contact

    Dec 11 | Bio-IT World | An intriguing new study suggests that the people we interact with socially influence the bacteria populating our gut. The implication is that some diseases considered nontransmissible may have a component that makes them contagious. More

  • Russia Launches Comprehensive Study Genomes Of Living Organisms In Arctic Region

    Dec 10 | Bio-IT World | A project to study the genomes of living organisms in the Arctic region, known as “A Thousand Arctic Genomes,” has been launched in Russia. As part of the project, scientists will create genetic data banks and perform whole-genome sequencing of Arctic inhabitants in order to assess biodiversity and use the data obtained to preserve it. More
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