• PacBio Generates Accurate Long Read Sequences Through Circular Consensus Sequencing

    Bio-IT World | PacBio has developed a protocol based on single-molecule, circular consensus sequencing to generate accurate long read sequences. The company hopes this approach will provide an alternative to the limited read lengths of short read sequencing and the limited read accuracy of long read sequencing.

    Feb 25, 2019

  • The Imperative For Open Data Access And Sharing: A Progress Report

    Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Clinical data sharing creates new value, with benefits to science and society. There has been a great deal of activity, which is a positive step, yet current approaches are somewhat fragmented in terms of process and openness.

    Feb 21, 2019

  • What’s New Out West: Preview Of Bio-IT World’s First West Coast Event

    Bio-IT World | This year Bio-IT World is taking the show on the road. After 17 years in Boston, the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo is visiting the West Coast with the launch of Bio-IT World West, a program within the Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference focused on bioinformatics, data management, and machine learning.

    Feb 20, 2019

  • No Black Box: Securing Our Data Analytics

    Bio-IT World | Data scientists and lawyers have fundamentally different goals. A data scientist wants as much relevant data as possible. A lawyer wants to limit unauthorized use of the data. How do you create a symbiotic relationship? How do you mitigate the concerns of both? A company called Immuta is building a data management and permissions platform that will please both.

    Feb 18, 2019

  • IBM, Broad Institute Launch Initiative Using Genomics & AI To Predict Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease

    Bio-IT World News Brief | IBM Watson Health and the Broad Institute are expanding their partnership to help clinicians better predict the possibility of serious cardiovascular diseases.

    Feb 14, 2019

  • Data Is The Key Ingredient To Digital Transformation

    Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | The pharmaceutical industry needs a data transformation before it can realize its digital transformation—and most companies recognize the urgency.

    Feb 13, 2019

  • Trump To Sign Executive Order Promoting Artificial Intelligence

    The New York Times | President Trump is expected to sign an executive order meant to spur the development and regulation of AI. But the order does not set aside additional funds for AI development, and officials provided few details on how it will track the progress of its new policies.

    Feb 11, 2019

  • Clinical Genomics Insights In Hematological Malignancies Require Streamlined Bioinformatics Solutions

    Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Next-generation sequencing has transformed the field of oncology. Early successes in identifying and targeting oncogenic drivers of solid tumors have set the foundation for genomics-guided precision medicine; but, for hematological malignancies, the path to precision medicine is a lot more complex.

    Feb 8, 2019

  • Oxford Nanopore Launches cDNA Kits

    Bio-IT World News Brief  Oxford Nanopore has launched new ‘109’ cDNA Kits for its real-time, scalable sequencing technology.   The new kits provide high throughput while generating complete sequences of full-length cDNA strands, with a low input option of just 1 ng PolyA+ RNA.

    Feb 5, 2019

  • CRISPR's Gene Editing Toolbox Is Expanding

    Los Angeles Times | The scientists who developed the revolutionary gene-editing system known as CRISPR are improving it with new tools that make it work better.

    Feb 5, 2019

  • GA4GH Adds Seven Genomic Data Initiatives As New Driver Projects

    Bio-IT World News Brief | The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) has named seven of the world’s leading genomic data initiatives as new Driver Projects for 2019.

    Feb 4, 2019

  • Collaboration And Machine Learning Key For 23andMe’s Drug Discovery Efforts

    Bio-IT World | 23andMe is at the forefront of a collaborative effort to forge partnerships with pharma companies and research institutes to improve drug discovery, as well as use resources to capitalize on the growth of personalized medicine.

    Jan 31, 2019

  • Copyright Clearance Center, PAREXEL, Eaton, And More: News From January 2019

    Bio-IT World | January featured exciting new, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including Copyright Clearance Center, PAREXEL, Eaton, and more. 

    Jan 30, 2019

  • After “CRISPR Babies,” Medical Leaders To Tighten Genome Editing Rules

    STAT | Less than two years after the U.S. National Academy of Medicine produced an exhaustive report on human genome editing, it is planning an international commission on the most controversial use of that technology — creating “CRISPR babies.”

    Jan 24, 2019

  • Quake Lab Utilizes RNA Sequencing Tool For Food Allergy Diagnostics

    Bio-IT World | Researchers in the Stanford lab of Stephen Quake are using single cell RNA sequencing in an effort to provide insight into food allergies and the antibodies that cause them.

    Jan 24, 2019

  • Artificial Intelligence In Health Care IT – The Potential And The Watch-Outs

    Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Few topics have captured the imagination of the general public and executives in the healthcare IT world like Artificial Intelligence. It is important to look beyond the Sci-Fi of AI and instead look at Artificial Intelligence from a purely computer science perspective.

    Jan 21, 2019

  • Deadline For Innovative Practices Awards Entries: What You Need To Know

    Bio-IT World | There’s still time to submit an entry for the inaugural Innovative Practices Awards. But the final deadline is coming soon.

    Jan 21, 2019

  • EMERSE: How Better Big Data Search Could Change Healthcare

    Bio-IT World | The electronic health record (EHR) has become both a blessing and a curse for many people in healthcare. Software tools are now available that can help to leverage the data in these documents, one of which is EMERSE, the electronic medical record search engine.

    Jan 16, 2019

  • GenScript Launches Instrument For Protein, Antibody Purification

    Bio-IT World News Brief | GenScript today announced the AmMag SA semi-automatic purification instrument, a novel technology that accelerates and simplifies protein and antibody purification, reducing the process from days to hours.

    Jan 14, 2019

  • How Common Data Could Lead To Uncommon Alzheimer’s Discoveries

    Bio-IT World | Now that healthcare and IT are so closely intertwined, the onslaught of data presents possibilities like never before, and those caught up in the effort to save current and future generations from the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease wonder how all this data might be better used to pinpoint patterns of interest and discover pathways for treatments.

    Jan 14, 2019