Sep 3, 2015, 13:19 PM by Michael Croft

Duke | The School of Medicine has launched the new Center for Statistical Genetics and Genomics.

Sep 3, 2015, 10:50 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | News and product briefs from around the industry, including new types of data for the Genome in a Bottle Consortium and prizes for rare disease research.

Sep 3, 2015, 09:36 AM by Michael Croft

Computerworld | The new Microsoft Azure GS-series virtual machines are made for demanding database-driven workloads.

Sep 2, 2015, 12:15 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | The Collaborative Cancer Cloud, a collaborative effort of Intel, the Knight Cancer Center, and two additional partners, will be a secure, open source system for sending large queries between clinical data centers, making it possible to share data for research and patient care while minimizing the volume of data transferred and the associated patient privacy concerns.

Sep 1, 2015, 13:25 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Thermo Fisher Scientific, which owns the Ion Torrent line of next-generation sequencing instruments, announced today that two new sequencers are being added to its portfolio, with a special emphasis on targeted sequencing in areas like oncology, rare disease, and gene expression.

Aug 31, 2015, 13:00 PM by Michael Croft

Xconomy | The startup company has raised $8 million in new capital to develop drugs based on a discovery program that searches for targets by measuring microRNA expression in cancer.

Aug 27, 2015, 14:25 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | The FDA has contracted with DNAnexus to build an open web portal where researchers working on new genomic tests can evaluate their computational workflows, testing them on real and simulated DNA data and comparing them against industry standards.

Aug 26, 2015, 13:35 PM by Michael Croft

Los Angeles Times | Jeb Bush's presidential run has brought renewed attention to one of the headline achievements of his tenure as governor of Florida: luring a new Scripps Research Institute campus to the state.

Aug 25, 2015, 14:15 PM by Michael Croft

Aug 25, 2015, 14:00 PM by Michael Croft

Aug 21, 2015, 09:56 AM by Michael Croft

PRINCETON, NJ - Aug 20, 2015 - Certara®, the global biosimulation technology-enabled drug development company, today announced that Lawrence J

Aug 21, 2015, 09:10 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | The idea is beautiful: read the text of DNA and understand the workings of the body. Brendan Frey isn’t claiming it’s simple, but with advanced machine learning and expertise in cell and genome biology, Deep Genomics is chasing the vision. And it might just change everything.

Aug 19, 2015, 12:28 PM by Michael Croft

PHOENIX, AZ, UNITED STATES - Aug 19, 2015 - Ashion Analytics, a CLIA certified and CAP-accredited molecular cancer testing laboratory, today announced its launch and the availability of its flagship product, the Genomic Enabled Medicine (GEM) Cancer Panel™ , to assist doctors in treating patients with cancer

Aug 19, 2015, 09:25 AM by Michael Croft

Aug 18, 2015, 17:29 PM by Michael Croft

MIDDLETON, WI, UNITED STATES - Aug 18, 2015 - PFS Clinical, which offers turnkey administration solutions that address the key pain points of establishing and running a clinical trial office, has been engaged by the Boston Medical Center (BMC) Clinical Trial Office to provide Medicare Coverage Analysis (CA) of its clinical research trials

Aug 18, 2015, 09:00 AM by Michael Croft

New York Times | Helix--a new genomics analytics venture--is to launch today with $100 million in funding from Illumina, Warburg Pincus, and Sutter Hill Ventures. Illumina's Jay Flatley will serve as chairman.

Aug 17, 2015, 13:25 PM by Michael Croft

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, UNITED STATES - Aug 17, 2015 - Veracyte, Inc. (NASDAQ: VCYT), a molecular diagnostics company pioneering the field of molecular cytology, today announced the appointment of Neil M

Aug 17, 2015, 11:35 AM by Michael Croft

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC - Aug 17, 2015 - Cloud Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a therapeutics company focused on cloud-based drug design and development, today announced the appointment of two C-level executives to its management team

Aug 14, 2015, 12:15 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Deep-seated concerns about privacy and security, combined with a tangled variety of data structures and perverse incentives to hoard genomic data, have hindered the ability and willingness of research groups to share DNA data with one another for more open and collaborative science. As a flagship effort of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, the Beacon Project is toying with a single, simple query that is forming the basis for more exchange of data across institutional borders.

Aug 14, 2015, 10:31 AM by Michael Croft