• Scripps, USC Considering Joining Efforts

    San Diego Union-Tribune | The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla and the University of Southern California are reportedly considering a merger or acquisition, under which Scripps would be acquired by USC.

    Jun 17, 2014

  • Myriad Challenges Pathway Genomics' BRCATrue Test

    Bio-IT World Brief | Ten days after Pathway Genomics announced its new BRCATrue test and its plan to donate $10 million worth of tests in its one for one program, Myriad Genetics filed a patent infringement suit against the company. While calling the suit "unwarranted", Jim Plante, Pathway Genomics' founder and CEO, also acknowledged that the lawsuit was "not unexpected."

    Jun 16, 2014

  • The Coming Wave of Generic Biologics

    Forbes | Matthew Herper examines the market for generic biotech therapies, which have sometimes been seen as more resistant to generic competition than chemically manufactured drugs.

    Jun 13, 2014

  • May-June News and Product Briefs

    Bio-IT World | News and product releases from around the industry, including Myriad Genetics donating cancer variants to PROMPT study, and the launch of MolecularHealth's cancer genotyping service.

    Jun 13, 2014

  • Moderna Remaking Itself as mRNA Startup Incubator

    Xconomy | With over $400 million on hand, Cambridge-based Moderna Therapeutics is revisiting its role in bringing mRNA-based therapies to market.

    Jun 12, 2014

  • NextCODE Brings the deCODE Data Architecture to Tumor Analysis

    Bio-IT World | NextCODE Health, the spin-off from deCODE genetics that launched last October, has continued to release new software tools based on deCODE's former diagnostic services. Its latest is a whole genome-scale tumor analyzer.

    Jun 12, 2014

  • First Reads from Nanopore Sequencers Becoming Public

    Bio-IT World News Brief | This morning, a trio of U.K. researchers released what may be the first publicly available read from an Oxford Nanopore MinION Sequencer.

    Jun 11, 2014

  • Autism Speaks Lands Google Partnership for Whole Genome Storage

    Bio-IT World News Brief | Today, Autism Speaks announced that Google has agreed to host the database of the AUT10K program, which plans to house 10,000 whole genomes of individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families, alongside detailed clinical information.

    Jun 10, 2014

  • A Primer on the Early Development of the Human Microbiome

    Bio-IT World News Brief | This month, a review article appeared in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology that follows the typical growth of microbial communities living in and on humans over the first three years of life.

    Jun 10, 2014

  • New Method Aims to Sequence the Genomes of the Most Elusive Microbes

    Bio-IT World | A new twist on the popular Hi-C sequencing technique, pioneered at the University of Washington, may allow scientists to tease out the whole genomes of undiscovered microorganisms — even if they can't be separated from the other microbes they live with.

    Jun 9, 2014

  • Who Owns Genetic Data: It's Not Clear Cut

    Techonomy | You own your data. It's a repeated refrain as we navigate the new world of sequencing. But is it true? Meredith Salisbury argues probably not...right now anyway.

    Jun 6, 2014

  • SAP Pushing Hana, Cloud

    Bio-IT World Roundup | SAP is continuing to press forward with its Hana in-memory computing platform and Enterprise Cloud hosting service, including several life sciences deployments.

    Jun 5, 2014

  • DREAM Project Crowdsources Cell Line Sensitivity

    Colorado Cancer Blog | The DREAM Project published the results of their cancer cell line drug sensitivity challenge in the June 1 issue of Nature Biotechnology.

    Jun 5, 2014

  • An Online Community for the World's Whole Genome Owners

    Bio-IT World | With the Empowered Genome Community, QIAGEN hopes to connect researchers to whole genome donors for massive genetic health studies, using the popular Ingenuity Variant Analysis platform as a gateway.

    Jun 4, 2014

  • Pathway Genomics to Donate BRCATrue Tests to Women in Need

    Clinical Informatics News | Pathway Genomics has launched its BRCATrue test for BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 and its BRCA One for One program, hoping to offer the industry’s best BRCA genetic test and make it accessible to a wide range of women.

    Jun 3, 2014

  • Sage Bionetworks and the Thriving Ecosystem of Challenge-Based Discovery

    Bio-IT World | Under the leadership of Stephen Friend, Sage Bionetworks is partnering with the DREAM initiative to foster a growing web of scientific challenges, intended to spur progress on fundamental problems by merging efforts and offering powerful incentives.

    Jun 2, 2014

  • Roche Back in Sequencing Game with $350M Genia Acquisition

    Bio-IT World | Roche acquired Genia Technologies today, in an acquisition intended to strengthen Roche's NGS pipeline, and offer upgrade and migration path for 454 technology.

    Jun 2, 2014

  • Appistry Launches Cloud Dx Platform, PGDx Signs On

    Bio-IT World News Brief | On Friday, Appistry announced its new CloudDx genomics testing service and an agreement with Personal Genome Diagnostics (PGDx) to include in the service PGDx’s CancerSelect panel.

    Jun 1, 2014

  • Policy Group Probes Regulatory Gaps in Synthetic Biology

    Bio-IT World | This week, a policy group including representatives from the J. Craig Venter Institute released a report questioning whether current U.S. regulatory structures are sufficient to address safety and environmental concerns raised by synthetic biology.

    May 30, 2014

  • Informatics Chiefs Take on Cancer

    CIO | Nonprofit CIOs are joining forces against cancer, with informatics heads from the the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, American Cancer Society, and St. Jude meeting annually to discuss everything from their mobile strategy to their vision for the cloud.

    May 30, 2014