• Human-embryo editing now covered by stem-cell guidelines

    Nature News & Comment | Stem-cell scientists attempt to fend off the need for government regulation that could impede research.

    May 12, 2016

  • Jackson Lab Receives NIH Grant to Enhance Genetics Instruction in High Schools

    Bio-IT World Brief | The Jackson Laboratory has received a $1.2 million Science Education Partnership Award from the National Institutes of Health for Teaching the Genome Generation, The Jackson Laboratory’s teacher professional development program designed to enhance genetics instruction in high school classrooms.

    May 12, 2016

  • All in One Day by 2020

    Bio-IT World | Contributed Commentary | Ketan Paranjape general manager of the Health & Life Sciences Group, Intel Corporation, welcomed the crowds at the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo last month in Boston. Paranjape’s opening address was a call to action for the Bio-IT community: harness big data and technology to achieve new heights for precision medicine.

    May 11, 2016

  • The pressure to publish pushes down quality

    Nature News & Comment | Scientists must publish less, says Daniel Sarewitz, or good research will be swamped by the ever-increasing volume of poor work.

    May 11, 2016

  • 10X, BioNano Publishes De Novo Assembly

    Bio-IT World News Brief  Yesterday, 10x Genomics announced the publication of a study in Nature Methods highlighting the benefits of their GemCode Technology to generate high-quality assemblies of complex genomes with their proprietary Linked-Read approach. The article demonstrates a new strategy for performing rapid, accurate and cost-effective de novo genome assembly using 10x Genomics’ Linked-Reads in combination with technologies from BioNano.

    May 10, 2016

  • Across The Board Ideas To Narrow Biotechs Gender Gap

    Xconomy | The evidence is piling up. Companies with more women in charge are better businesses. So why are so many biotechs still led mainly by men?

    May 10, 2016

  • IBMs Watson is going to cybersecurity school

    Computerworld | The result will be a cloud service called Watson for Cyber Security that's designed to provide insights into emerging threats as well as recommendations on how to stop them.

    May 10, 2016

  • CRISPR Drug Maker Intellia Therapeutics Sells $108M In IPO Shares

    Xconomy | The latest biopharmaceutical company testing Wall Street's belief in the promise of gene modification has gone public. Intellia Therapeutics sold 6 million shares at $18 each to raise $108 million.

    May 6, 2016

  • Gene Therapy’s First Out-and-Out Cure Is Here

    MIT Technology Review | A genetic therapy for "bubble boy" disease completes a 27-year journey.

    May 6, 2016

  • The New Parasite Award Recognizes Secondary Analysis of Data

    STAT | The current incentives structure - mostly based on publishing in prestigious journals - discourages sharing, replication, and, some argue, careful science.

    May 5, 2016

  • Tech groups call on presidential candidates to support encryption embrace other IT issues

    Computerworld | U.S. presidential candidates should embrace encryption and narrow government access to Internet users' data as part of a comprehensive technology agenda, 13 IT trade groups recommended.

    May 5, 2016

  • How Blockchain Is Helping Genomics Research

    Bio-IT World | John Mattison predicts that blockchain, "is going to be the most disruptive technology in this space other than big-data analytics."

    May 4, 2016

  • The World’s Most Expensive Medicine Is a Bust

    MIT Technology Review | The first gene therapy approved in the Western world costs $1 million and has been used just once. The doctor who tried it says the price is "absolutely too high."

    May 4, 2016

  • IBM launches quantum computing for the rest of us

    Mashable | IBM unveiled the world's first cloud-based quantum computing experience. Starting today, anyone can access the quantum computing hardware based at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York.

    May 4, 2016

  • This MIT employee redefined how universities launch startups

    STAT | Lita Nelsen of the Technology Licensing Office at MIT became an evangelist for tech transfer and a mentor to her counterparts around the world.

    May 3, 2016

  • Genomic Data and Drug Development EMA Offers New Draft Guidance

    RAPS | The European Medicines Agency has released a new draft guidance to provide industry with more insight on how to identify and understand genomic factors that influence drug responses.

    May 2, 2016

  • The Struggle With Image Glut

    Nature News & Comment | Experiments that generate millions of images have forced scientists to find new ways to store and share terabytes of experimental data.

    May 2, 2016

  • Three Pharma Data Challenges and How to Overcome Them

    Bio-IT World | Contributed Commentary | There’s no lack of ideas about what is needed to make advancements in life sciences research and improving patient care: real-time research, humanizing big data, enhancing customer values and motivation, and that’s just for starters. It was evident that these data struggles were on the minds of attendees at the recent Bio-IT World 2016 Conference in Boston.

    Apr 29, 2016

  • AbbVie Buying Cancer Drug Startup Stemcentrx

    Fortune | AbbVie will buy Stemcentrx, which has five drugs targeting "cancer stem cells" in early clinical trials, for up to $10.2 billion in cash and stock.

    Apr 28, 2016

  • Emmanuelle Charpentier, the Quiet Revolutionary

    Nature News | The microbiologist spent years moving labs and relishing solitude. Then her work on gene-editing thrust her into the scientific spotlight.

    Apr 28, 2016