• After A Comeback 23andMe Faces Its Next Test

    Aug 9, 2017, 11:36 AM by Michael Croft
    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?
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  • Concept Life Sciences appoints Head of Quality

    Aug 9, 2017, 10:22 AM by Michael Croft
    , UNITED KINGDOM - Aug 9, 2017 - Concept Life Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of Jane Shackleton as Group Head of Quality Assurance
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  • TraceLink Breaks New Record for Highest Quarterly Sales Bookings in Q2 2017

    Aug 9, 2017, 03:14 AM by Michael Croft
    , UNITED KINGDOM - Aug 9, 2017 - TraceLink Inc., the World’s Largest Track and Trace Network for connecting the life sciences supply chain and providing real-time information sharing for better patient outcomes, today announced financial and company results for the second quarter of 2017
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  • NIH Accelerates The Use Of Genomics In Clinical Care

    Aug 8, 2017, 15:50 PM by Michael Croft

    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.

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  • Bioz, Inc. Continues Momentum with One Million-User Milestone

    Aug 8, 2017, 12:26 PM by Michael Croft
    PALO ALTO, CA - Aug 8, 2017 -  Bioz, Inc., developers of the world’s first search engine for life science experimentation, today showcased continued corporate momentum, product innovation, customer traction and growth since the company emerged from stealth in July 2016
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  • 4 Key Reasons The Mitalipov Paper Doesn't Herald Safe CRISPR Human Genetic Modification

    Aug 8, 2017, 09:28 AM by Michael Croft
    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.
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  • DDN, Gatan Partner On Storage To Handle Microscopy Workflows

    Aug 7, 2017, 15:20 PM by Michael Croft
    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.
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  • Partek Celebrates Six Thousandth Citation

    Aug 7, 2017, 14:51 PM by Michael Croft
    ST. LOUIS, MO - Aug 8, 2017 - Partek genomic analysis software recently received its six thousandth citation in the June edition of Science Translational Medicine
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  • Shkreli is convicted of fraud. Can pharma finally slam the door on him?

    Aug 4, 2017, 15:08 PM by Michael Croft
    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?
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  • Veritas Buys Curoverse to Bring A.I. Analysis of Genes to the Masses

    Aug 3, 2017, 16:10 PM by Michael Croft
    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.
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  • Novogene Doubles Its Fleet Of PacBio Sequencers

    Aug 3, 2017, 10:55 AM by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World Brief | Yesterday Pacific Biosciences announced that Novogene had agreed to purchase 10 Sequel Systems, giving the DNA sequencing service provider the capacity to run up to 20 Sequel Systems at a time.
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  • See new products first at Lab Innovations 2017

    Aug 3, 2017, 06:53 AM by Michael Croft
    BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - Aug 3, 2017 - Lab Innovations 2017 – the UK’s only dedicated showcase for laboratory technology, analytical and biotech equipment – is pleased to welcome Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), Eppendorf and GS Biotech to the NEC, Birmingham, on the 1st and 2nd of November
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  • CRISPR Fixes Disease Gene In Viable Human Embryos

    Aug 2, 2017, 15:00 PM by Michael Croft

    Bio-IT World Brief | An international team of researchers has used CRISPR–Cas9 gene editing to correct a disease-causing mutation in dozens of viable human embryos.

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  • Edico Genome Announces Contracts With NHGRI, NCI

    Aug 2, 2017, 11:10 AM by Michael Croft

    Bio-IT World Brief | Edico Genome today announced it has signed contracts with the National Human Genome Research Institute and the National Cancer Institute for the use of its DRAGEN Bio-IT platform.

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  • Bright Computing Supports Fayetteville State University In AI Research

    Aug 2, 2017, 10:50 AM by Michael Croft

    Bio-IT World Brief | Bright Computing announced it has supplied its Bright Cluster Manager solution to Fayetteville State University for use in ground-breaking Artificial Intelligence (AI) research.

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  • Reltio Deepens Investment in Customer Success, Names VMware Veteran Parag Patel as EVP of Worldwide Customer Operations

    Aug 1, 2017, 18:40 PM by Michael Croft
    REDWOOD SHORES - Aug 1, 2017 - Reltio, the enterprise data-driven applications and modern data management Platform as a Service (PaaS) company, today announced that industry veteran Parag Patel has been appointed to the newly created role of Executive Vice President of Worldwide Customer Operations
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  • Bioinformatics vs Computational Biology

    Aug 1, 2017, 16:19 PM by Michael Croft
    Diamond Age Data Science | The world of quantitative biology is large, diffuse and sometimes overwhelming. It's hard sometimes to even figure out what someone means when they say "bioinformatics". This can make it hard to figure out what part of the field someone works in.
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  • SeraCare Announces the Launch of a Suite of Zika Virus Reference Materials for Improved Diagnostic Testing

    Aug 1, 2017, 10:11 AM by Michael Croft
    MILFORD, MA - Aug 1, 2017 - SeraCare Life Sciences, a manufacturer and leading partner to global in vitro diagnostics manufacturers and clinical laboratories is announcing the launch of a set of unique Zika virus products as critical components of a robust QC program for validating and monitoring Zika virus test methods
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  • TraceLink expands offering with ROC IT Solutions acquisition

    Aug 1, 2017, 09:33 AM by Michael Croft
    , MA - Aug 1, 2017 - North Reading, MA (August 1, 2017)-TraceLink Inc., the world's largest track and trace network for connecting the life sciences supply chain and providing real-time information sharing for better patient outcomes, today announced that it has acquired ROC IT Solutions, the leader in intelligent edge data capture for serialized product inventory in the pharmaceutical supply chain
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  • PerkinElmer, Thermo Scientific, Bioz, And More: News From July 2017

    Jul 31, 2017, 11:20 AM by Michael Croft

    Bio-IT World Brief | July featured exciting new, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including PerkinElmer, Thermo Scientific, Bioz, and more.

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