• Vivid, Organism-Wide Maps of X-Inactivation

    Bio-IT World News Brief | A Johns Hopkins team bred female mice to carry genes for two different fluorescent proteins, one on each X chromosome, resulting in entrancing color images that show patterns of X-inactivation across the body.

    Jan 8, 2014

  • NCI to Fund Cancer Clouds for Cancer Genome Atlas

    GCN | The NCI plans to host the Cancer Genome Atlas in the cloud--all 2.5 petabytes of it. NCI plans to award three contracts to build "cancer clouds" for the project.

    Jan 7, 2014

  • Update on JAX's Genomic Medicine Initiative

    Hartford Business | By the end of the year, the Jackson Laboratory's new facility will be completed and Charles Lee will lead the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine.

    Jan 7, 2014

  • Thermo Fisher Sheds Businesses in Preparation for Life Technologies Buy

    Bio-IT World News Brief | Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced a $1.06 billion sale of multiple business units to GE Healthcare, as a condition of regulatory approval for Thermo Fisher's acquisition of Life Technologies.

    Jan 6, 2014

  • Informatics Tools for the Big Data Challenge

    Bio-IT World |Informatics tools are essential to enabling life sciences research, and at the Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference next month in San Francisco, a host of leaders across the industry will share their best practices for making sense of the wealth.

    Jan 3, 2014

  • Forensic DNA Analysis Stuck in the 90s

    The Verge | Legal journalist Matt Stroud reviews the DNA fingerprinting techniques commonly used in police investigations.

    Jan 3, 2014

  • $15 Million Funding Round at DNAnexus

    Bio-IT World News Brief | Looking to build on its early entry into the cloud-based genomic analysis market, DNAnexus today announced a large Series C funding round.

    Jan 3, 2014

  • Pharma's Overachievers and Slackers in 2013

    Forbes | Pharma reporter Matthew Herper offers letter grades to the 16 largest drug companies for their 2013 performance.

    Jan 2, 2014

  • Nobel Laureates Lost in 2013 Spurred Early Genetics

    NPR | A look back at three scientific giants who passed away this year recalls the long development of genetics and gene sequencing.

    Dec 31, 2013

  • Computer Chips Wired to Learn

    New York Times | A new generation of "neuromorphic processors," expected to reach commercial availability in 2014, use synapse-like connections to adapt their response to data inputs over time.

    Dec 31, 2013

  • Big Data's Year in Review

    InformationWeek | As 2013 comes to an end, a top technology publication looks back at big data's big impact over the past year.

    Dec 30, 2013

  • CMS Confirms 49% Cut to BRCA CPT Code

    Bio-IT World News Brief | On Friday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services confirmed a 49% cut to CPT code 81211, which covers reimbursement for BRCA 1&2 gene tests. The change reflects an increase in the number of labs doing BRCA and is negative news for Myriad, analysts say.

    Dec 30, 2013

  • Delving Into the Cervical Cancer Genome

    Bio-IT World News Brief | The first genome-wide study of cervical cancer mutations in a large cohort of patients was published this week in Nature.

    Dec 27, 2013

  • Major Update to the Human Reference Genome

    Bio-IT World News Brief | The Genome Reference Consortium has released its first complete update to the human reference genome in nearly half a decade.

    Dec 26, 2013

  • Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Offers Clinical Data Through GenoSpace Platforms

    Clinical Informatics News | GenoSpace has developed a pair of gateways to offer clinical data gathered by the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation to patients and researchers.

    Dec 24, 2013

  • Font of Information

    Slate | A programmer weighs in on why coders prefer Courier.

    Dec 23, 2013

  • Two-Layer Screen Locates Both Drugs and Targets

    eScience News | Scripps researchers used a novel screening method to find a promising diabetes drug, and plan to expand the program to new disease areas.

    Dec 23, 2013

  • Cell Mechanics Gets a Powerful New Tool

    Bio-IT World | Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have developed the first method to measure the forces exerted by cells in living tissue – using decoy cells and some cunning computer imaging.

    Dec 20, 2013

  • Lifespan of Data Measured in Dog Years

    Cell Press | A paper by a team of Canadian researchers suggests that scientific data rarely survives as long as twenty years after publication.

    Dec 19, 2013

  • Crunch Time for the Arvados Project

    Bio-IT World | With $1.5 million in new venture financing, Curoverse is hoping to make the open source Arvados platform a serious commercial player in cloud-based bioinformatics.

    Dec 18, 2013