Bio-IT World | PacBio has developed a protocol based on single-molecule, circular consensus sequencing to generate accurate long read sequences. The company hopes this approach will provide an alternative to the limited read lengths of short read sequencing and the limited read accuracy of long read sequencing.

Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Clinical data sharing creates new value, with benefits to science and society. There has been a great deal of activity, which is a positive step, yet current approaches are somewhat fragmented in terms of process and openness.

Bio-IT World | This year Bio-IT World is taking the show on the road. After 17 years in Boston, the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo is visiting the West Coast with the launch of Bio-IT World West, a program within the Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference focused on bioinformatics, data management, and machine learning.

Bio-IT World | Data scientists and lawyers have fundamentally different goals. A data scientist wants as much relevant data as possible. A lawyer wants to limit unauthorized use of the data. How do you create a symbiotic relationship? How do you mitigate the concerns of both? A company called Immuta is building a data management and permissions platform that will please both.

Bio-IT World News Brief | IBM Watson Health and the Broad Institute are expanding their partnership to help clinicians better predict the possibility of serious cardiovascular diseases.

Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | The pharmaceutical industry needs a data transformation before it can realize its digital transformation—and most companies recognize the urgency.