May 12, 2016, 10:25 AM by Michael Croft

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, 09:13 AM by Michael Croft

PRINCETON, NJ - May 12, 2016 - Certara®, the global biosimulation technology-enabled drug development company, today announced that Adam Darwich, PhD, has been appointed Certara Lecturer in Precision Dosing at the Manchester Pharmacy School at The University of Manchester in England

May 11, 2016, 11:35 AM by Michael Croft

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, 10:09 AM by Michael Croft

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 10, 2016, 16:50 PM by Michael Croft

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, 15:44 PM by Michael Croft

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, 15:30 PM by Michael Croft

MUNICH, GERMANY - May 10, 2016 - Definiens, the pioneer in Tissue Phenomics® solutions for diagnostics development, has announced findings from the International Symposium, a sold-out gathering of international researchers and clinicians on April 27-28 in Boston, Massachusetts to discuss advancements in oncology and the application of Tissue Phenomics

May 10, 2016, 14:49 PM by Michael Croft

BOSTON, MA - May 10, 2016 - IOMICS Announces Innovative Data Analytics Platform for Chemical Engineering, Medical Research, and Clinical Carex

May 10, 2016, 13:06 PM by Michael Croft

CHAPEL HILL, NC, UNITED STATES - May 10, 2016 -   WHAT:  Rho, a full-service contract research organization (CRO), will highlight its clinical trial expertise during the American Pain Society's (APS) 35th Annual Scientific Meeting, being held May 11-14 in Austin, Texas

May 10, 2016, 11:21 AM by Michael Croft

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 6, 2016, 10:06 AM by Michael Croft

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, 10:05 AM by Michael Croft

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

May 5, 2016, 13:06 PM by Michael Croft

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

May 5, 2016, 12:42 PM by Michael Croft

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 4, 2016, 10:50 AM by Michael Croft

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, 10:22 AM by Michael Croft

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, 10:20 AM by Michael Croft

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 3, 2016, 16:44 PM by Michael Croft

NEW YORK, NY - May 3, 2016 - Sinequa today announced the general availability of Sinequa ES Version 10. Powered by Machine Learning capabilities at its core, this ground breaking version helps deliver deep analytics of contents and user behavior, offering information with continually improving relevance to users in their work environments

May 3, 2016, 08:16 AM by Michael Croft

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 2, 2016, 14:52 PM by Michael Croft

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.