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Silicon Valley’s Quest to Live Forever
The New Yorker | Can billions of dollars' worth of high-tech research succeed in making death optional?
Mar 28, 2017
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2017 Benjamin Franklin Award Finalists Announced
Bio-IT World | Bioinformatics.org has announced five finalists for the 2017 Benjamin Franklin Award for Open Access in the Life Sciences. The winner will be announced onsite at the 2017 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo.
Mar 24, 2017
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GSK and Regeneron to mine gene data from 500000 Britons
Reuters | Britain's GlaxoSmithKline and U.S.-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals are embarking on a joint project with UK Biobank, the world's most detailed biomedical database, to hunt for new clues linking genes and disease.
Mar 23, 2017
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A Scholarly Sting Operation Shines a Light on ‘Predatory’ Journals
The New York Times | A group of researchers created a ruse to draw attention to the seamy side of open-access journals, some of which will publish just about anything for a fee.
Mar 22, 2017
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Follow The Customer: DNAnexus On The New Wave In Bioinformatics
Bio-IT World | The sequencing space has changed rapidly in the past few years, and DNAnexus has followed their customers, keeping pace with the evolution. Now CEO Richard Daly is looking forward to the next phase of company growth, this time in the cloud.
Mar 22, 2017
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Human Longevity Launches Whole Genome Product, MassMutual Partnerships
Bio-IT World | Human Longevity, Inc. and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. announced an agreement to offer HLI's new whole genome sequencing product, HLIQ Whole Genome, to eligible MassMutual customers, employees, and financial professionals at a reduced price.
Mar 20, 2017
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Nvidia And Bosch Team Up On Self-Driving Car AI Supercomputer
TechCrunch | Nvidia's new partner in bringing AI-powered self-driving tech to the masses definitely has the experience needed to go truly mass-market - it's Bosch.
Mar 17, 2017
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Trump Administration Proposes Big Cuts In Medical Research Shots - Health News
NPR.org | The National Institutes of Health, which funds research in treatments and cures, could lose 20 percent of its budget under the administration's proposal. More money would go for addiction treatment.
Mar 16, 2017
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Allergan And Editas Medicine Enter Into R&D Alliance
Bio-IT World Brief | Allergan and Editas Medicine have announced that they have entered into a strategic research and development alliance under which Allergan will receive exclusive access and the option to license up to five of Editas Medicine’s genome-editing ocular programs.
Mar 15, 2017
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Oxford Nanopore Announces New Sequencing System, Certification Program
Bio-IT World Brief | Oxford Nanopore announced the launch of the GridION X5 today, a new system that can drive up to five MinION Flow Cells and process all the data produced within a single benchtop device.
Mar 15, 2017
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GWAS Study Identifies Variant In African Populations Tied To Obesity
Bio-IT World Brief | An international team of researchers has conducted the first study of its kind to look at the genomic underpinnings of obesity in continental Africans and African Americans.
Mar 14, 2017
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Qatar Genome Programme Launches Research Consortium
Bio-IT World Brief | More than 90 genomics researchers gathered recently for the launch of the Qatar Genome Programme’s research consortium (QGPRC). The consortium is the latest step in QGP’s precision medicine implementation efforts.
Mar 13, 2017
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Possible Cures. Mystery Deaths. Daunting Costs. Can CAR-T Be Tamed?
Xconomy | This seems to be a watershed year for CAR-T therapy. The field's first-ever regulatory approval is looking like a strong possibility. However, the supercharged T cells remain an enigma.
Mar 13, 2017
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Disabling Data Analysis Paralysis
Bio-IT World | As the sheer complexity of the microbiome threatens to slow scientific progress, researchers tackle data dilemmas by harnessing the power of free and open source analysis tools.
Mar 9, 2017
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JAX Receives Federal Grant To Improve CRISPR-Cas9
Bio-IT World Brief | A two-year grant totaling $455,000 from the National Institutes of Health to The Jackson Laboratory will support research to improve the accuracy and efficiency of genome editing for research, drug testing, and future therapeutic delivery.
Mar 7, 2017
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Integrated Future: GeneInsight’s New Home At Sunquest
Bio-IT World | Sunquest acquired GeneInsight last April. Since then, GeneInsight has been fitting in well with its role as a data workflow pipeline for the laboratory information systems company.
Mar 6, 2017
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This Speck Of DNA Contains A Movie, A Computer Virus, And An Amazon Gift Card
The Atlantic | In the famous double-helices of life's fundamental molecule, researchers from the New York Genome Center and Columbia University have encoded, along with a computer operating system, a photo, a scientific paper, a computer virus, an Amazon gift card, and a classic silent film.
Mar 3, 2017
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Catching Up On Oxford Nanopore News More Better Meth & Huge
Omics! Omics! Blog | Keith Robison looks at the latest news from Oxford Nanopore: a MinKNOW upgrade that doubles performance; a new basecaller; and long reads.
Mar 2, 2017
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Intel Will Change Its Approach To PC Chip Upgrades
Computerworld | Intel is changing its view on how it upgrades chips. Rather than tying chip upgrades directly to the manufacturing process involved, Intel will look at delivering a sustained set of performance upgrades with each new chip architecture.
Mar 1, 2017
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BGI Welcomes Leroy Hood To Scientific Advisory Board
Bio-IT World Brief | BGI announced that Leroy Hood has joined the company’s Scientific Advisory Board.
Feb 28, 2017