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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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MGI Announces First Customer For MGISEQ-T7, Complete Genomics Accuracy Tech
Bio-IT World News Brief | At the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference this week, MGI, a subsidiary of global genomics leader BGI Group, announced its first early access customer for the MGISEQ-T7, announced an MGI global sequencer user program, and updated numbers for the product install base. The company released a statement summarizing the presentation.
Jan 11, 2019
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The Scope Of Scrutiny
Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | As biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies pursue treatment innovations to improve patient outcomes across diagnoses, many miss a significant step that has been fundamental in financial services and insurance: financial compliance risk management.
Jan 11, 2019
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23andMe Will Add Weight-Loss Advice To Its DNA-Testing Services
Bloomberg | Consumer DNA-testing giant 23andMe plans to add new wellness offerings it hopes will help its customers shed a few pounds, but some genetics experts say the jury is still out on the science behind the products.
Jan 9, 2019
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Igneous Brings Structure To Unstructured Data With As-A-Service Solution
Bio-IT World | Igneous is offering its cloud-native solution to data-centric organizations in order to both monitor large amounts of data and prevent silos within the clinical research space.
Jan 9, 2019
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Eli Lilly Makes An $8B Cancer Genetics Bet With Loxo Acquisition
Xconomy | Eli Lilly is set to acquire Loxo Oncology for approximately $8 billion---a deal that brings to the Indianapolis pharmaceutical giant a class of drugs that treat cancers with particular genetic signatures.
Jan 7, 2019
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10x Genomics Announces $35m Funding
Bio-IT World News Brief | On day one of the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, 10x Genomics announces $35 million in funding as an extension of its Series D financing.
Jan 7, 2019
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Will Acquire Celgene In Blockbuster $74B Deal
STAT | The transaction between biopharma giants joins two of the largest companies in oncology, both of which have been facing setbacks.
Jan 3, 2019
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Top 10 Stories Of 2018: Data Science, Five Use Cases For AI And Machine Learning, And More
Bio-IT World | As we head into 2019, we at Bio-IT World would like to take a moment and reflect on the groundbreaking achievements from this past year. In that spirit, here are the top 10 stories of 2018.
Jan 2, 2019
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Poll Americans Support Gene-Editing Embryos To Prevent Diseases
STAT | Most Americans say it would be OK to use gene-editing technology to create babies protected against a variety of diseases - but a new poll shows they'd draw the line at changing DNA so children are born smarter, faster or taller.
Dec 28, 2018