• Humbled Myriad Caves on BRCA Patents

    Jan 28, 2015, 11:25 AM by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World News Brief | The long courtroom fights are at long last coming to an end as Myriad Genetics has announced it will settle its complex web of suits and countersuits and end claims to ownership of certain genetic testing targets and methods.
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  • Exosome Dx Aiming to Commercialize Liquid Biopsies Seeks 25M

    Jan 28, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Xconomy | Cambridge, MA-based Exosome Diagnostics aims to raise $25 million, on top of the $27 million in Series B funding it raised last March. Exosome would use the cash to launch its first two products: a blood-based test for lung cancer, and a urine test for prostate cancer.
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  • Kv1.5 Potassium Channel Blocker Focused Library from OTAVA

    Jan 27, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft
    - Jan 27, 2015 - Potassium channels are attractive therapeutic targets for treatment of cardiovascular and cancer diseases which are the top two public-health problems for the aging population
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  • Google Biogen Seek Reasons for Advance of Multiple Sclerosis

    Jan 27, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Bloomberg | Google Inc., expanding its foray into medical research, will join multiple sclerosis drugmaker Biogen Idec Inc. to study environmental and biological contributors to the debilitating disease's progression.
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  • Rho Showcases Clinical Services Expertise at OCT West Coast

    Jan 27, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft
    CHAPEL HILL, NC, UNITED STATES - Jan 27, 2015 - WHAT:  Rho, a full-service contract research organization (CRO), will highlight its continued success in drug development strategies and services during the Outsourcing in Clinical Trials (OCT) West Coast conference, being held February 3-4 in Burlingame, California
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  • Claritas Announces $15m Funding Round

    Jan 26, 2015, 11:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World News Brief | Claritas Genomics announced today that it has secured $15 million in capital for its Series B round to expand its commercial operations, launch new next generation sequencing-based tests for diagnosis of pediatric genetic disorders and continue to build its network of clinical pediatric disease experts. 
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  • Yeast as a Model for Neurodegenerative Disease?

    Jan 26, 2015, 10:35 AM by Michael Croft
    Xconomy | Yumanity, a well-connected drug discovery startup, plans to play the long game in drug development by using yeast models in deep phenotypic screens to study neurological diseases based on protein misfolding.
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  • Appistry Launches CloudDx Translational from NIH Tool

    Jan 26, 2015, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World News Brief | Appistry today launched Appistry CloudDx Translational, a “sister product” to the CloudDx platform launched last June, now renamed CloudDx Clinical.
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  • Telcos revolutionize product innovation using big data - Smart Data Implications on Telecom, BFSI, Retail and other sectors discussed at Smart Data Summit 2015

    Jan 26, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft
    DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Jan 26, 2015 -  Global transformation and smart data are terms bandied about in the same breath the world over. With wide-ranging implications across sectors, industries such as banking, retail and services, to name only a few, are no strangers to this trend
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  • IDBS transforms ELN with release of E-WorkBook 10

    Jan 23, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft
    - Jan 23, 2015 - IDBS has completely revitalized its ELN software for multidisciplinary research and development (R&D)
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  • Early Data on Human Sequencing with Oxford Nanopore MinION

    Jan 22, 2015, 12:20 PM by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World News Brief | A team based at the University of Toronto has published the first reported case of using the Oxford Nanopore MinION to sequence human DNA, in a study focused on three genes with known relevance to drug dosing.
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  • Aspera's Michelle Munson Joins GenoSpace Board

    Jan 22, 2015, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World News Brief | GenoSpace announced this morning that Michelle Munson, CEO of Aspera, an IBM Company, has joined its board as an independent director.
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  • Next Generation Solution for Forensic DNA Testing

    Jan 21, 2015, 13:15 PM by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World News Brief | Illumina today released its MiSeq FGx instrument, a version of the company's MiSeq next generation sequencer modified for forensic DNA testing, as well as ForenSeq chemistry and software kits.
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  • President Obama Heralds New Precision Medicine Initiative in State of the Union

    Jan 21, 2015, 11:45 AM by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World | Commentators from around the science and healthcare world react to President Obama's announcement, in last night's State of the Union address, that his new budget will propose a Precision Medicine Initiative to support research into individualized therapies based on patients' unique genetic and molecular profiles.
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  • RainDance Technologies Appoints Scott Bortner Vice President of Intellectual Property

    Jan 21, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft
    BILLERICA, MA - Jan 21, 2015 - ~~RainDance Technologies, Inc., a genomics tools company simplifying the analysis of complex genetic diseases, today announced the appointment of Scott R
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  • SV Bio Relaunched as Lifecode, Maker of LDTs

    Jan 20, 2015, 14:00 PM by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World | SV Bio today announced a new name, a new focus, and a new product: a next generation sequencing (NGS)-based oncology assay, the Pan Cancer Somatic Panel (PCSP).
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  • Biotech Boom or Biotech Bubble?

    Jan 20, 2015, 09:50 AM by Michael Croft
    New York Times | "I have my seatbelt and crash helmet on," a biotech CEO tells The New York Times in an investigation of soaring biotechnology stocks and drug approvals in the wake of last week's J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.
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  • LifeMap Releases NGS Phenotyper

    Jan 20, 2015, 09:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World Product Brief | LifeMap Sciences has released VarElect, an application that David Warshawsky, CEO of the company, calls a next-generation sequencing phenotyper. The tool leverages LifeMap’s integrated biomedical knowledgebase and discovery platform for biomedical research, which includes GeneCards human gene database; MalaCards human disease database; and LifeMap Discovery, the database of embryonic development, stem cell research, and regenerative medicine.
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  • Terascala Sets Record Annual Sales and Doubles Its OEM Business for 2014

    Jan 20, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft
    BOSTON, MA - Jan 20, 2015 - Terascala, the industry leader in High Performance Computing (HPC) storage management software, today announced that it had more than doubled—126% increase—its year-over-year OEM bookings and had a record year for its business in 2014
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  • Clinical Conductor CTMS Updates Facilitate Advanced Research Connectivity and Collaboration

    Jan 20, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft
    ROCHESTER, NY, UNITED STATES - Jan 20, 2015 - Clinical Conductor, the industry’s most collaborative CTMS, was recently fitted with new features and functionality that provide users with even more capability to connect with other research technologies and further collaborate with research partners to ensure clinical research success
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