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St Jude Releases Early Data on Asymptomatic Cases Among Vaccinated Healthcare Workers
May 12 | Bio-IT World | In a research letter published last week in JAMA, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital researchers reported early findings tracking asymptomatic COVID-19 among vaccinated healthcare workers. The findings will inform both individual vaccination plans as well as institutional screening and testing programs. More -
Value Of Drug Repurposing May Lie In Host-Directed Therapies
May 10 | Bio-IT World | The University of California, San Francisco’s (UCSF) Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) spearheaded a six-nation collaborative around COVID-19 that now has 26 potential treatments in clinical trials. More -
Human Biospecimen Procurement Should Be More User Friendly
May 06 | Bio-IT WorldWhile the vast majority of R&D procurement may never be as easy as point-and-click, we can look to consumer marketplaces for ideas on how to improve the overall life science buying experience. More -
Could Death Receptor 5 Antibodies Make A Comeback?
May 04 | Bio-IT World | Big pharma has invested billions of dollars in developing antibodies targeting death receptor 5 (DR5) over the years in hopes of improving the survival of patients with cancer. While promising when tested in mice in the lab, they invariably failed to show efficacy during phase 2 clinical studies. But researchers at the University of Virginia now have a new theory that could revive them. More -
Sequencing Project for Developmental Differences, New Data Management Tools, Hyperscale Storage, More
May 03 | Bio-IT World | NIH grant tackles COVID-19 disparities, St. Jude launches historic expansion, Illumina all in on African Pathogen Genomics Initiative, and new platforms and services to ease drug and vaccine development. Plus: new storage from VAST Data, and new solutions for tracking research papers and patents. More -
Big Money for Gene Editing, Engineering, Structure-Based Drug Design, and Data Management
Apr 29 | Bio-IT World | Illumina joins the Gates Foundation in a global pathogen genomics initiative, new money for immune profiling, and Benchling nets $200M for their cloud platform. More -
Understanding Proteins With Natural Language Processing
Apr 28 | Bio-IT World | New research from the departments of chemistry and physics at Cambridge University has just helped demonstrate the potential of natural language processing (NLP) for understanding biomolecular condensates. More -
New Event Launching in June Focusing on AI for Pharmaceuticals
Apr 26 | Bio-IT World | Bio-IT World and AI Trends are pleased to announce DECODE: AI for Pharmaceuticals, June 7-9, 2021, the first cross-functional conference to uncover AI’s true value for the pharmaceutical sector, while also focusing on data strategies, organizational change management, and implementation best practices. More -
Why Prioritizing Genomic Research Is Critical for The Future of Healthcare
Apr 23 | Bio-IT World | Over the past 20 years, the field of genomics has undergone significant progress and transformation. We are at an exciting juncture in this field; however, there is more to be done to ensure more equitable access to technologies and support researchers around the world. More -
Bioinformatics Platform Designs Therapies Against Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria
Apr 22 | Bio-IT World | A Johns Hopkins University team has published details of their Facile Accelerated Specific Therapeutic (FAST) platform in Nature Communications Biology, a platform designed to address antibiotic resistance. More
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