Aug 17, 2016, 14:05 PM by Michael Croft

Nature News & Comment | Catalogue of genetic information from some 60,000 people reveals unexpected surprises - and highlights the need to make genomic data publicly accessible to aid studies of rare diseases.

Aug 17, 2016, 11:36 AM by Michael Croft

BAR HARBOR, ME - Aug 17, 2016 - NIH Grant Will Support Studies on Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral NeuropathyBAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that it has received a grant of $456,500 over two years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the study of peripheral neuropathy

Aug 17, 2016, 09:53 AM by Michael Croft

Computerworld | The chances of Apple's using Intel's factories to have its iPhone and iPad chips made have just rocketed up.

Aug 17, 2016, 09:49 AM by Michael Croft

ST. LOUIS, UNITED STATES - Aug 17, 2016 - The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center’s Conversations Series will be held on Thursday, August 25, 2016, at the Danforth Center, 975 N

Aug 17, 2016, 09:39 AM by Michael Croft

BAR HARBOR, ME - Aug 17, 2016 - BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The Board of Trustees of the MDI Biological Laboratory has announced the appointment of Ned Cloonan of Greenwich, Conn

Aug 16, 2016, 09:40 AM by Michael Croft

ST. LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES - Aug 16, 2016 - NewLeaf Symbiotics announced today that both the European and Japanese Patent Offices will grant patents on the company’s foundational production process

Aug 16, 2016, 09:34 AM by Michael Croft

Nature News & Comment | Technique that adds noise to genetic data would enable much faster access to large data sets.

Aug 16, 2016, 09:26 AM by Michael Croft

Forbes | Researchers describe a new way to use CRISPR editing to fix sickle cell disease, a debilitating genetic blood disorder.

Aug 16, 2016, 09:23 AM by Michael Croft

Xconomy | This startup sits at the intersection of electronics, optics, energy efficiency, and the Internet. Ayar Labs is working on how to make data centers perform better with less energy.

Aug 15, 2016, 08:24 AM by Michael Croft

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - Aug 15, 2016 - Titian Software (www.titian.co.uk), has announced that deployment of its Mosaic sample management software has resulted in simplified workflows and boosted productivity at Esteve's Compound Management Unit in Barcelona, after replacing their previous system

Aug 11, 2016, 10:05 AM by Michael Croft

Nature News | The surge of activity in recent years around CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing has also led to a flurry of modified CRISPR systems, or new systems entirely, which are starting to solve problems like delivering enzymes into cells, making specific changes to the DNA sequence, and editing RNA as well as DNA.

Aug 10, 2016, 13:28 PM by Michael Croft

BOSTON & LONDON - Aug 10, 2016 - IDBS and Cancer Research Technology (CRT), the commercialization arm of Cancer Research UK, have collaborated to streamline plate correction in high throughput screening (HTS)

Aug 10, 2016, 13:18 PM by Michael Croft

Computerworld | Intel is buying Nervana Systems, a deep learning startup based out of California. The deal speaks volumes about Intel's hopes for the future and where the company is going.

Aug 10, 2016, 09:50 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | As the Genome Analysis Toolkit, developed at the Broad Institute, continues to serve as the standby for parsing raw genomic data in public projects and major institutions, members of the Broad speak to Bio-IT World about forthcoming updates in GATK4 and new ventures incorporating the toolkit.

Aug 10, 2016, 09:12 AM by Michael Croft

PRINCETON, NJ - Aug 10, 2016 - Certara®, the leading provider of decision support technology and consulting services for optimizing drug development and improving health outcomes, today announced the launch of Phoenix 7

Aug 9, 2016, 09:30 AM by Michael Croft

Fast Company | The school will adopt the Google Genomics cloud platform to improve how it treats patients with cancer, as well as to diagnose children with mysterious, rare diseases.

Aug 8, 2016, 23:59 PM by Michael Croft

LONG ISLAND CITY, NY, UNITED STATES - Aug 8, 2016 - BOC Sciences officially announced that a new category of inhibitors-immune checkpoint inhibitors will began to be provided in system

Aug 8, 2016, 09:20 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Software company Repositive aims to make PDX mice, crucial animal models for studying human-like cancers, searchable across vendors by indexing hundreds of different repositories in one platform.

Aug 5, 2016, 12:58 PM by Michael Croft

BAR HARBOR, ME - Aug 5, 2016 - Many lower organisms retain the miraculous ability to regenerate form and function of almost any tissue after injury

Aug 4, 2016, 09:23 AM by Michael Croft

The Seattle Times | Cray CEO Peter Ungaro considers the slowdown in the supercomputer market as "temporary."