Bio-IT World News Brief | Illumina, in collaboration with Mayo Clinic and other key opinion leaders, has launched its TruSight Software Suite in an effort to bring turn-key data analysis solutions to accelerate and facilitate the adoption of whole-genome sequencing.

Bio-IT World | Animal models are showing how prior infection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus can provide protection against reinfection. Elsewhere, a coronavirus task force task force is examining genes associated with COVID-19 immune response by collecting samples from Japanese patients. This, plus more, are featured in this week’s COVID-19 news from the biotech and research industries.

Bio-IT World | In a world that has shifted to virtual everything—work, recreation, connection—it’s no wonder that virtual or digital twins are getting more attention. It’s certainly a favorite term of marketers: we are creating digital twins for everything from people to businesses, instruments to labs.

Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Across the world, scientific laboratories have redirected their research efforts toward the global COVID-19 pandemic. Achieving the goal of understanding and treating the virus requires the generating and gathering of data. Like any big shift in the way we generate, manage, or use data, this will have implications for the datacenter.

Bio-IT World | Roche, Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myers Squibb, the University of Chicago, Massachusetts General Hospital, Mission: Cure, and the Pistoia Alliance have been announced as the winners of the 2020 Innovative Practices Awards.

Bio-IT World | New research shows how the SARS-CoV-19 virus shifts the cell's activity to promote its own replication and to infect nearby cells. This, plus more, are featured in this week’s COVID-19 news from the biotech and research industries.

Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Researchers are working hard to provide the evidence needed for fact-based decisions addressing everything from developing new vaccines, to ensuring existing treatments are being used to their best advantage. Now, more than ever, the time and funding allocated for these projects must be used to their fullest extent.