Dec 16, 2020, 14:10 PM by

iVexSol, a Worcester, MA-based manufacturer of lentiviral vector (LVV), announced a $13.0M Series A funding round. LVV is a critical raw material in the development of important new cell and gene therapies. iVexSol’s technology can reliably produce LVV at significantly greater quantities than traditional processes, enabling a smaller manufacturing footprint, and facilitating the rapid scale-out needed for global demand. The funding will be used to establish a cGMP manufacturing facility in Lexington, MA.

Dec 16, 2020, 14:10 PM by

Optibrium, Intellegens and Medicines Discovery Catapult combine their expertise in drug discovery and AI research

Dec 16, 2020, 14:10 PM by

• Start-up to leverage gamification and cognitive rehabilitation targeting cognition, mood and behaviors in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease • Digital therapeutics solution collects digital biomarkers via computer tablets in the home to assess and monitor cognitive function, thereby delivering personalized cognitive intervention • Can be prescribed as a stand-alone therapeutic or as combination therapy with a drug

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A new study reveals that VisualDx's artificial intelligence solution identifies skin conditions with 68% accuracy across all skin types.

Dec 16, 2020, 14:07 PM by

The press release announces it has supplied KROHNE OPTIMASS 6400 Coriolis mass flowmeters for measuring purified water used in Covid-19 vaccine production processes. The meters will also be used as a master meter – the standard by which all other production process flow meters will be verified against.

Dec 15, 2020, 10:48 AM by User Not Found

Bio-IT World | Sequencing in the palm of your hand is now a reality. A team of researchers has created iGenomics—the first comprehensive mobile genome analysis application, with capabilities to align reads, call variants, and visualize the results entirely on an iOS device. What started as a high school student’s internship project is now freely available in the App Store.

Dec 14, 2020, 09:09 AM by User Not Found

Bio-IT World | At its re:Invent 2020 event, Amazon AWS announced many new products and services including the new Trainium chip for machine learning.

Dec 11, 2020, 13:46 PM by User Not Found

Bio-IT World I IgA antibodies dominate early neutralizing response, specific proteins in animals increase vulnerability, understanding the roles of antibodies and T cells, and Molnupiravir could block SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Plus: New biomedical data sharing platform, disrupting cholesterol processes may combat COVID-19, and a new project aims to understand formation of coronaviruses.

Dec 10, 2020, 19:06 PM by User Not Found

Bio-IT World | The All of Us Research Program has begun to return genetic results to participants who have donated biosamples for research, NIH announced yesterday. The program prioritizes information return to its research volunteers. Initially, participants can choose to receive information about their genetic ancestry and traits, with health-related results available at a later date.

Dec 10, 2020, 16:00 PM by User Not Found

Bio-IT World | COVID-19 has brought the link between animals and humans to the forefront, but given that we share more than 97% of our DNA with mammals, it’s time that we begin to consider diverse animal models not from a perspective of simply modeling human disease, but from a perspective of novel discovery and leveraging unique biology to find new pathways for therapeutics.

Dec 7, 2020, 15:07 PM by User Not Found

Bio-IT World | The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health announced last week the launch of GA4GH Inc., a not-for-profit organization incorporated under the federal laws of Canada. GA4GH Inc. will serve as a keystone for the Alliance, working alongside existing GA4GH governance structures such as the Standards Steering Committee (SSC), the Strategic Advisory Board (SAB), funders, and Host Institutions, which have supported the organization since its inception in 2013.

Dec 4, 2020, 01:00 AM by User Not Found

Bio-IT World I Genetic variations could affect severity, mouse model sheds light on loss of smell, virus mutations may not increase transmissibility, and immune mechanism that triggers cytokine storm. Plus: Chemical compounds in certain foods may weaken SARS-CoV-2, how the virus hijacks human lung cells, and 3D protein modeling shows animal susceptibility.

Dec 3, 2020, 01:00 AM by User Not Found

Bio-IT World | More than any other modern crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the complexity, interconnectedness and global nature of drug development and manufacturing. And it comes at a time when many pharmaceutical companies are in the middle of company-wide digitization initiatives, modernizing their processes to take better advantage of their data. This convergence represents an opportunity to speed up and improve drug discovery but must be considered carefully to ensure that future infrastructure is robust both to increased demand and increased levels of attack.

Dec 1, 2020, 01:00 AM by User Not Found

Bio-IT World | Twist Bioscience Corporation, Illumina, and Western Digital announced an alliance last month with Microsoft to advance the field of DNA data storage. These founding companies and member organizations will work together to create a comprehensive industry roadmap that will help the industry achieve interoperability between solutions and help establish the foundations for a cost-effective commercial archival storage ecosystem for the explosive growth of digital data.

Nov 30, 2020, 01:00 AM by User Not Found

Bio-IT World | Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said at the AI and the Future of Work Conference from MIT that cloud computing today is massively powerful.

Nov 24, 2020, 01:00 AM by User Not Found

Bio-IT World | What started as a collaboration to study non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is shifting gears to tackle COVID-19. BERG and AdventHealth are partnering to apply AI to enhance COVID-19 patient care by rapidly identifying the right path to improve patient outcomes.

Nov 23, 2020, 01:00 AM by User Not Found

Bio-IT World | IBM CEO Arvind Krishna sees AI, hybrid cloud computing, and quantum computing as setting the future of the IT industry.

Nov 20, 2020, 10:29 AM by User Not Found

Bio-IT World I St. Jude discovers hyperinflammatory pathway, hepatitis C drugs are potential treatment, non-human primate model identifies features of virus, IL-10 production is a marker for severity, recommendations on re-use of data, molecular structure of key E-protein, and early antibody evolution predicts outcomes. Plus: Disrupting SKI complex prevents viral replication, why COVID-19 spares children, and how smoking causes more severe infection.

Nov 19, 2020, 15:06 PM by

InSysBio presents public version of CYTOCON DB entitled “CYTOCON DB Open”. Actually, CYTOCON DB Open has the same functionality as the initial version. However, CYTOCON DB Open is reduced and will be updated once per year. It concerns both content and functionality.