• FDA Approval Brings First Gene Therapy To The United States

    Bio-IT World Brief | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a historic action today making the first gene therapy available in the United States, ushering in a new approach to the treatment of cancer and other serious and life-threatening diseases.

    Aug 30, 2017

  • Edico, DNAnexus Launch $20, 90-minute Whole Genome Analysis

    Bio-IT World Edico Genome and DNAnexus, Inc. today announced the availability of Edico Genome’s DRAGEN on Amazon Web Service’s EC2 F1/FPGA instances via DNAnexus. For a limited time, the cost to analyze a whole genome at 35X coverage will be $20 and take about an hour and a half, Pieter van Rooyen said.

    Aug 30, 2017

  • Seven Bridges, Numerate, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, And More: News From August 2017

    Bio-IT World | August featured exciting new, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including Seven Bridges, Numerate, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, and more.

    Aug 30, 2017

  • Freenome Announces Series A Extension Led By Section 32

    Diagnostics World News | Freenome announced that it has raised an additional $7 million as an extension to its previously announced Series A funding, bringing the total to nearly $72 million. The extension was led by Section 32.

    Aug 28, 2017

  • Gilead Agrees To Buy Kite Pharma, Leaping Into CAR-T Cancer Therapy

    STAT | Gilead agrees to buy Kite Pharma and its emerging line of CAR-T oncology therapies, which aim to harnesses the immune system to fight cancer.

    Aug 28, 2017

  • Allotrope Foundation: A Framework For Knowledge Management

    Bio-IT World | 2017 Best Practices Awards | The Allotrope Foundation hopes their Allotrope Framework will allow researchers to rethink the way they acquire and manage scientific data.

    Aug 25, 2017

  • The Next Digital Arms Race In Life Sciences

    Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Life sciences research is in the middle of a digital arms race. As more research is conducted, more data is produced and more storage is required.

    Aug 23, 2017

  • Data Sharing Built With BRICS

    Bio-IT World | 2017 Best Practices Awards | The Biomedical Imaging Research Services Section of the NIH is offering its Biomedical Research Informatics Computing System to assist researchers in the collection and application of data for research studies and clinical trials.

    Aug 21, 2017

  • Scientists Try Gene Editing In Human Embryos

    NPR.org | Scientists at the Oregon Health & Science University have begun editing the DNA in human embryos to try to prevent genetic diseases.

    Aug 18, 2017

  • Helix Teams Up With Illumina Accelerator To Drive Innovation And DNA-Powered Products

    Bio-IT World Brief | Helix today announced a collaboration with Illumina Accelerator. Together, the organizations will partner with entrepreneurs to foster and accelerate innovation and development of DNA-driven products and insights for consumers.

    Aug 17, 2017

  • Microsoft Acquires Cycle Computing Away From Amazon, Google

    Business Insider | Microsoft's acquisition of Cycle will make its cloud business more attractive and give it access to a new group of customers.

    Aug 16, 2017

  • Deep Learning Thrives In Cancer Moonshot

    HPCwire | Recently, deep learning has emerged as a powerful tool in the arsenal in the Cancer Moonshot and is the driving force in the CANDLE project, a joint effort between the DOE and the NCI.

    Aug 15, 2017

  • Your Genome May Become The Next Facebook

    The Motley Fool | The social media king's targeted advertising made billions of dollars for investors. But something even bigger is on the horizon.

    Aug 14, 2017

  • Scientists Hack A Computer Using DNA

    MIT Technology Review | In what appears to be the first successful hack of a software program using DNA, researchers say malware they incorporated into a genetic molecule allowed them to take control of a computer used to analyze it.

    Aug 10, 2017

  • After A Comeback 23andMe Faces Its Next Test

    Fast Company | Can the pioneering DNA-testing company satisfy the FDA while also staying true to its founding mission: putting people in control of their healthcare?

    Aug 9, 2017

  • NIH Accelerates The Use Of Genomics In Clinical Care

    Bio-IT World Brief | The National Institutes of Health is awarding $18.9 million towards research that aims to accelerate the use of genome sequencing in clinical care.

    Aug 8, 2017

  • 4 Key Reasons The Mitalipov Paper Doesn't Herald Safe CRISPR Human Genetic Modification

    The Niche | In Knoepfler lab's stem cell blog breaks down how the media's coverage of recent CRISPR news has been "too rosy and simplistic." The reality, Paul Knoepfler's team argues, is more complicated. There are overlooked technical reasons why the Mitalipov CRISPR human embryo paper is unlikely to herald safe human genetic modification.

    Aug 8, 2017

  • DDN, Gatan Partner On Storage To Handle Microscopy Workflows

    Bio-IT World News Brief  DataDirect Networks has announced a strategic partnership with Gatan to deliver groundbreaking solutions for microscopy research environments and workflows. The DDN and Gatan partnership will combine DDN’s high-performance data storage platform with Gatan’s high-performance cameras to fully leverage the power of the latest technologies in electron microscopy.

    Aug 7, 2017

  • Shkreli is convicted of fraud. Can pharma finally slam the door on him?

    STAT | Martin Shrkeli, convicted of fraud on Friday, has been vilified as a price gouger by politicians, the public, and his fellow biopharma execs. What's next?

    Aug 4, 2017

  • Veritas Buys Curoverse to Bring A.I. Analysis of Genes to the Masses

    Xconomy | Some answers to questions about the risk of developing a disease or a bad reaction to a drug can be found by analyzing a patient's genes. In the not-too-distant future, such queries could be as easy as searching for and selecting a movie on Netflix, contends Rodrigo Martinez, chief marketing and design officer for Veritas Genetics.

    Aug 3, 2017