Nov 3, 2016, 11:15 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center  were recently awarded a federal grant from the National Cancer Institute to support a joint cancer genomics data center for the research and clinical interpretation of tumors. The grant will provide funding of $490,000 per year over the next five years.

Nov 3, 2016, 09:53 AM by Michael Croft

Diagnostics World News | Flatiron and Foundation Medicine today announced the launch of a clinico-genomic database designed to help researchers and biopharmaceutical partners accelerate the development of targeted therapeutics and immunotherapies to treat cancer. the clinico-genomic database, containing information on nearly 20,000 patients, is one of the largest and most comprehensive information efforts of its kind in oncology.

Nov 3, 2016, 09:48 AM by Michael Croft

Xconomy | Bluebird Bio is releasing new data this morning that speak to both the potential and the limitations of a gene therapy it's been developing for two deadly blood diseases: sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia.

Nov 2, 2016, 09:43 AM by Michael Croft

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - Nov 2, 2016 -  The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D, is calling on the pharmaceutical industry to support greater collaboration around wearable device initiatives

Nov 2, 2016, 07:14 AM by Michael Croft

PADERNO DUGNANO, ITALY - Nov 2, 2016 - Recipharm, the contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), has announced an investment of over €1

Nov 2, 2016, 05:34 AM by Michael Croft

CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - Nov 2, 2016 - Repositive, a software company developing novel tools to improve discovery and access to human genomic research data, has expanded its Specialised Data Collections, with the addition of microbiome data

Nov 1, 2016, 15:35 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | Optibrium and Collaborative Drug Discovery announced a collaboration to integrate the StarDrop and CDD Vault platforms. This creates a connection in real time between project data, securely held and managed in CDD Vault, and StarDrop’s unique compound design and optimization capabilities. 

Nov 1, 2016, 12:01 PM by Michael Croft

Nature News & Comment | Many biologists are founding their own firms as venture capitalists show increased interest in science.

Nov 1, 2016, 11:54 AM by Michael Croft

ST. LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES - Nov 1, 2016 -                            Solar-powered PheNode is set for investment stage.Researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, a not-for-profit research institute with a mission to improve the human condition through plant science, are leveraging expertise in crop phenotyping with the development of the PheNode, a 'smart', farm-ready, solar-powered environmental sensor and phenotyping station for crops

Nov 1, 2016, 05:55 AM by Michael Croft

CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - Nov 1, 2016 - FactBio, has launched Kusp 1.1, an update to its data curation platform which sees a number of new key features added

Oct 31, 2016, 16:10 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | New technology, new laws and regulations, and more cumbersome "Big Data" have together caused the standard, traditional electronic lab notebook (ELN) to obsolesce.  But some experts believe new digital-transformation technology—including the Internet of Things and cloud computing—will allow for enhanced ELNs that can address today's clinical pain points of efficiency, ROI, scientific contextual consistency, and risk reduction.

Oct 31, 2016, 15:00 PM by Michael Croft

MIT Technology Review | The billionaire is the first major donor to back the idea of creating an atlas of all human cells.

Oct 31, 2016, 11:52 AM by Michael Croft

Forbes | Biotech venture capital is supposed to be the highest-risk/highest-reward type of investment there is. But many biotech VCs are actually pretty conservative, hesitant to wager on edgy science that might take a decade to pay off. Not Third Rock Ventures.

Oct 31, 2016, 10:55 AM by Michael Croft

Forbes | A biotech's Board often plays important roles in shaping the company's success or failure: contributing strategic guidance, providing proper governance, stewarding fiduciary responsibilities, raising a startups' profile, aiding business development, to name a few.

Oct 28, 2016, 13:15 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | The White House released the National Assessment of Educational Progress, their report card for the nation’s educational systems. In the field of science, Tennessee was among the standouts of those recognized.

Oct 28, 2016, 11:29 AM by Michael Croft

OXFORD, OXFORD - Oct 28, 2016 - A leading biotechnology company with expertise in DNA design is set to benefit from a £1m investment to support its growth strategy and assist in the delivery of new services for cancer fighting gene therapy technologies

Oct 28, 2016, 10:35 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Briefs | News, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community including news from Internet2, Google, BGI, and more.

Oct 28, 2016, 07:22 AM by Michael Croft

ALBANY, NY, UNITED STATES - Oct 28, 2016 - Cardiac Assist Devices (CAD) are type of mechanical pumps that work along with the heart to improve its pumping efficiency and maintain the optimum blood flow throughout the body

Oct 28, 2016, 03:48 AM by Michael Croft

ALBANY, NY - Oct 28, 2016 - The term sterilization refers to any procedure that helps in destroying all forms of microbial life and transmissible agents

Oct 27, 2016, 09:31 AM by Michael Croft

 The open and flexible inverted microscope platform for living and fixed specimens Jena, Germany, 10 26 2016 Today, ZEISS introduces a new inverted microscope platform for life science research. The ZEISS Axio Observer family consists of