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All Of Us Issues Funding Opportunity For Genome Centers For Sequencing, Analysis
Bio-IT World Brief | Today, less than a month after opening national enrollment, the All of Us Research Program issued a call for Genome Centers able to generate genotype and whole genome sequence data from participants’ biosamples. The program anticipates funding up to two Genome Center awards in FY2018, with analyses to begin this fall.
May 23, 2018
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Microsoft Offering GDPR-Like Protection For All Customers
Security Now | Microsoft plans to expand GDPR privacy protections to all its customers, both inside and outside the European Union.
May 23, 2018
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Pacific Biosciences, EPAM, Oxford Genetics, And More: News From May 2018
Bio-IT World | May featured exciting new, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including Pacific Biosciences, EPAM, Oxford Genetics, and more.
May 23, 2018
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#BioIT18: Mark Boguski On Precision Diagnostics And The Launch Of A Population Health Project In Thailand
Bio-IT World | During his keynote presentation at the 2018 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, Mark Boguski discussed precision medicine, diagnostic management, and recent plans to work with Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) on a population health project created from scratch.
May 22, 2018
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Are You And Your Primary Care Doc Ready To Talk About Your DNA?
Kaiser Health News | The Pennsylvania-based health chain Geisinger plans to offer DNA sequencing as part of regular patient care.
May 22, 2018
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Bio-IT World Announces 2018 Best Practices Awards Winners
Bio-IT World | Bio-IT World announced the winners of the 2018 Best Practices Awards this morning at the Bio-IT World Conference and Expo. Entries from Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Celgene Co., and Massachusetts General Hospital were honored.
May 17, 2018
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Illumina Announces Acquisition Of Edico Genome
Bio-IT World | Illumina announced that it has acquired Edico Genome for $100 million.
May 16, 2018
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#BioIT18: What To Do, What To See
Bio-IT World | Today marks the first day of the 2018 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo. We have a full slate of talks, panels, and awards programs that will be sure to keep us excited about what is happening in the life sciences, biotech, and IT industries. Here’s what to look out for onsite, and some of the first news and product announcements of the week.
May 14, 2018
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Open Source Pitfalls At The Biotechnology-High Technology Crossover
Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Software is eating the biotechnology world. Managers in the traditional biotechnology sector may not be familiar with open source software and related compliance issues, but these issues are bound to come up as they develop technology solutions to the problems of biotechnology.
May 14, 2018
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This Cambridge Nonprofit Is Seeking Every Drug Ever Developed
The Boston Globe | Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard are trying to find new life-saving uses for drugs first developed to cure other diseases.
May 14, 2018
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Gene Discovery And Clinical Impact, Rare Disease Studies For Broader Medical Knowledge
Bio-IT World | Podcast | Catherine Brownstein of Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School is featured on this podcast from Cambridge Healthtech Institute for the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo. Brownstein speaks about her gene discovery work and how research on rare and orphan disease enhance our understanding of medicine overall, among other topics.
May 11, 2018
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Oracle Is Rolling Out Blockchain Products
Bloomberg | Oracle will unveil its blockchain software starting this month, joining the growing list of companies offering products that use the digital-ledger technology behind Bitcoin.
May 10, 2018
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Carl Zimmer To Speak At Bio-IT World, Tackle Heredity, Genes, And How Our Understanding Of The Two Is Changing
Bio-IT World | Carl Zimmer traces our growing understanding of our genes, inheritance, and what it means to pass on parts of ourselves in his new book, She Has Her Mother’s Laugh, which will be released by Dutton on May 29, 2018.
May 9, 2018
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Geisinger Says DNA Sequencing As Preventative Care Is Ready For The Clinic
Forbes | Geisinger doctors will soon start offering patients DNA sequencing as part of routine preventative care, the Danville, Pennsylvania-based health system's president and CEO Dr. David Feinberg announced Sunday at the HLTH Conference in Las Vegas.
May 7, 2018
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National Adventure: All of Us Research Program Launches Prioritizing Diversity, Security
Bio-IT World The National Institutes of Health opened national enrollment for the All of Us Research Program today with a nationwide launch featuring events in New York; Birmingham, Ala.; Nashville, Tenn.; Detroit, Mi.; Kansas City, Mo.; Chicago; and Pasco, Wash. The launch events were broadcast on the All of Us website and Facebook live.
May 6, 2018
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BGI To Install BGISEQ-500 In Toronto
Bio-IT World | BGI Genomics announced two new partnerships today, including the first North American deployment of the BGISEQ-500.
May 4, 2018
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AI And Machine Learning For Healthcare, Precision Wellness, Genomic Data Visualization
Bio-IT World | Podcast | James Hendler of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is featured on this podcast from Cambridge Healthtech Institute for the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo. Hendler speaks about precision wellness as part of his research on artificial intelligence, agent-based computing, high-performance processing, and the Semantic Web.
May 4, 2018
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Bio-IT World Announces 2018 Best Of Show People's Choice Award Contenders
Bio-IT World | Bio-IT World is pleased to announce the 2018 Best of Show competition with the Bio-IT World People’s Choice award.
May 3, 2018
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Quartzy Partners With LA Biotech Accelerator For Lab Management, Supply
Bio-IT World News Brief Quartzy and LA-based biotechnology accelerator, BioBuilt, have announced a joint effort in which Quartzy will provide the accelerator’s companies with lab management software and faster access to critical reagents and consumables.
May 2, 2018
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Cancer Sequencing Hype And Reality
In the Pipeline | Derek Lowe reviews a recent piece in Science, and tackles the issue of hype versus reality in cancer sequencing.
May 2, 2018