• Veritas Genetics Lands $30M for $1,000 Genome Sequencing

    Xconomy | Veritas Genetics, which sells genome sequencing and genetic screening tests, has received a $30 million Series B round of funding to add more products, build out its digital tools for consumers, and ink partnerships with hospitals and researchers around the world.

    Oct 18, 2016

  • Microsoft computing method makes key aspect of genomic sequencing seven times faster

    Microsoft Blog | In a blog post this morning, Microsoft announced that it has come up with a way to "significantly reduce the time it takes to do the major computational aspects of sequencing a genome." Microsoft is running the BWA aligner and GATK on the Azure cloud, and says it is 7x faster than previously.

    Oct 18, 2016

  • If Billionaires Fund Your Research, Don't Take Public Money

    WIRED | Recent high-profile donations and initiatives highlight the private control of publicly funded biomedical research. The injection of private money into science is creating power alliances and disrupting the longstanding public research-funding model.

    Oct 17, 2016

  • Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb Could Face a Big Threat from Small Biotech Exelixis

    The Motley Fool | On Oct. 10, Exelixis announced results from its phase 2 CABOSUN study of Cabometyx in patients with previously untreated advanced kidney cancer. This clinical trial was structured as a head-to-head comparison between Cabometyx and Pfizer's Sutent, and Cabometyx emerged as the clear winner.

    Oct 17, 2016

  • Ewan Birney To Lead Global Alliance For Genomics and Health

    Bio-IT World | The Global Alliance for Genomics in Health (GA4GH) has selected Ewan Birney, Director of the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), to steward its member organizations in producing solutions for sharing genomic and clinical data. Birney took to his blog to address the new position.

    Oct 14, 2016

  • Among the Multitude: A Look At The Complexity Of Diversity In Genetics

    Bio-IT World | Genetics research is not as diverse as one would hope. Present discussions on this issue have led to the launching of multiple initiatives, including those from Illumina and 23andMe this week, whose goal is to develop the data pool in Africa.

    Oct 13, 2016

  • IBMs Cleversafe Storage Platform Is Becoming A Cloud Service

    Computerworld | The idea with IBM's new Cloud Object Storage service: If dispersing data among storage nodes can make it more secure and less prone to loss, spreading it across far-flung cloud data centers make it even more so.

    Oct 13, 2016

  • IBM Workers to Use Watson Supercomputer to Find Cancer Treatments

    Fortune | IBM announced that it will let its American workers use the Watson supercomputer technology in 2017 to find appropriate cancer treatments.

    Oct 12, 2016

  • PierianDx Acquires Tute Genomics

    Bio-IT World Brief  PierianDx today announced the acquisition of Tute Genomics, a genomics software company based in Provo, UT, further increasing consolidation in the genomics space

    Oct 12, 2016

  • Labfolder Deployed Across Max Planck Society

    Bio-IT World Brief | Labfolder and the Max Planck Society today announced a licensing agreement to provide up to 11,000 Max Planck scientists from all disciplines ranging from physics, chemistry, life sciences and humanities with labfolder’s laboratory data management digital platform.

    Oct 11, 2016

  • Q&A Confirming Next-Gen Sequencing Results with Sanger

    The Scientist | Ambry Genetics CEO Aaron Elliott discusses his team's recent analysis of 20,000 clinical next-generation sequencing panels.

    Oct 11, 2016

  • Panasas, HGST Offer iRODS Solution

    Bio-IT World Brief | Yesterday Panasas and HGST announced a solution using iRODS to link the Panasas ActiveStor storage system with HGST’s object storage Active Archive System.

    Oct 7, 2016

  • Bill Gates Succumbs to Moonshot Madness

    Omics! Omics! Blog | Keith Robison comments on what he calls a misguided call for a moonshot in human disease from Bill Gates. Gates recently laid out four goals for disease prevention he believes can be attained in the next decade.

    Oct 7, 2016

  • Biotech Billionaire Backs Company Geared At Ending Food Allergies

    Forbes | Before Brands, a business that wants to prevent food allergies before they even start, launched this morning with $13.1 million in funding from backers including Gurnet Point, run by biotech billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli.

    Oct 6, 2016

  • Dramatic Twists Could Upend Patent Battle Over CRISPR Genome-Editing Method

    Science | AAAS | Unusual maneuver in CRISPR patent battle could divide spoils, but French company Cellectis also lays claim.

    Oct 6, 2016

  • Rumors, Expectations Surround Apple Expansion Into Health Care

    POLITICO | The tech giant is cementing partnerships with big health systems and hiring scores of health care professionals.

    Oct 5, 2016

  • Gene Editing Takes the Stage at Discovery on Target 2016

    Bio-IT World | In the Advances in Gene Editing, Gene Silencing, and Gene Therapy Tracks at the 2016 Discovery on Target conference, we heard from researchers on their exciting new advancements in CRISPR-CAS9 and beyond. The implications for cancer, anti-viral therapies, genetic diseases, and organ transplantation are vast.

    Oct 4, 2016

  • Azure is becoming the first AI supercomputer says Microsoft

    ZDNet | Microsoft's CEO on how its cloud computing service is evolving.

    Oct 4, 2016

  • Biotech PR Needs to Deliver More Signal Less Noise

    Forbes | It's hard to know how to get attention for your news these days. The Cambrian explosion of information on the Internet over the past decade has created a confusing world. PR firms have stepped right up to help biotech companies navigate it.

    Oct 4, 2016

  • BARDA Awards Contract to DNAe to Develop Semiconductor DNA Sequencing Platform

    Bio-IT World Brief | DNAe announced that BARDA has awarded the company a contract worth up to $51.9 million to develop its sequencing platform for rapid diagnosis in two key applications; antimicrobial resistant infections and influenza.

    Oct 3, 2016