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Asia-wide Genome Mapping Project Reveals Insights Into Asian Ancestry, Genetic Diversity
Dec 6, 2019, 08:30 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World News Brief | In their first study reported in Nature this week, the GenomeAsia 100K consortium analyzed the genomes of 1,739 people, which represents the widest coverage of genetic diversity in Asia to date.
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Scilligence and Certara Partner to Improve Client’s Data Analysis and Visualization
Dec 5, 2019, 15:07 PM by Michael CroftCAMBRIDGE, MA, UNITED STATES - Dec 5, 2019 - Scilligence, an innovation leader of unified informatics platform for biologics and small molecules drug R&D, has partnered with Certara to enable advanced data analysis and visualization capabilitiesFull story -
CluePoints’ Risk-Based Quality Management Software Wins Best Technological Development in Clinical Trials at SCRIP Awards 2019
Dec 5, 2019, 10:46 AM by Michael CroftKING OF PRUSSIA, PA - Dec 5, 2019 - CluePoints, the premier provider of Risk-Based Study Execution (RBx) and Risk-Based Quality Management Software for clinical trials, today announced that it has been awarded best technological development in clinical trials in the 2019 Scrip AwardsFull story -
To Advance Polygenic Risk Scores, Large Studies Need Better Genotyping Tools
Dec 5, 2019, 07:45 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Contributed Commentary | A decade ago, the concept of a polygenic risk score had not even been cited in a genomics publication. Today, it’s almost impossible to pick up a human genetics journal or attend a conference without hearing about these new biomarkers.
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VeraSci's Innovation Lab Launches Wearable Technology Validation Study
Dec 4, 2019, 14:50 PM by Michael CroftDURHAM, NC, UNITED STATES - Dec 4, 2019 - VeraSci's Innovation Lab led by Dr. Alexandra Atkins has begun evaluating the ease of use, sensitivity, and reliability of two industry-grade wearable devices for the real-time capture of gait and actigraphy measuresxFull story -
The Nose Knows: Developing Artificial Intelligence Sniffers
Dec 4, 2019, 10:30 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | When you think of artificial intelligence, what comes to mind? A computer brain? Computer vision? Auditory language processing? What about smell? It’s an area of research IBM is busy exploring.
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FDA Awards DNAnexus with Five-Year, $20 Million Contract to Power precisionFDA Collaborative Omics Environment in the Cloud
Dec 3, 2019, 13:14 PM by Michael CroftMOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, UNITED STATES - Dec 3, 2019 - DNAnexus, Inc., the leader in Enterprise Omics Technology, today announced that the UFull story -
Absolute Antibody Partners with the Recombinant Antibody Network to Facilitate Access to Engineered Recombinant Antibodies
Dec 3, 2019, 10:17 AM by Michael CroftREDCAR, UNITED KINGDOM - Dec 3, 2019 - Absolute Antibody Ltd., an industry-leading provider of recombinant antibody products and services, today announced a partnership with the Recombinant Antibody Network (RAN), a consortium of three expert centers at the University of Chicago, University of Toronto, and UC San Francisco (UCSF) with a common goal to generate recombinant antibodies at a proteome-wide scaleFull story -
Metrion Biosciences and LifeArc extend ion channel drug discovery collaboration to accelerate neuroscience-focused research
Dec 3, 2019, 07:47 AM by Michael CroftCAMBRIDGE AND LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - Dec 3, 2019 - Metrion Biosciences Limited (Metrion), the specialist ion channel CRO and drug discovery company, and LifeArc, a leading UK independent medical research charity, today announced an extension of their neuroscience-focused ion channel drug discovery collaboration, following the success of the initial twelve-month agreementFull story -
Hypha Discovery announces “One-Stop Metabolite Shop” solution to support pharmaceutical and agrochemical R&D
Dec 3, 2019, 05:22 AM by Michael CroftSLOUGH, UK - Dec 3, 2019 - Hypha Discovery Limited, a leading specialist CRO, has launched its One-Stop Metabolite Shop to provide a complete solution for provision of small molecule drug metabolites to pharmaceutical and agrochemical companies worldwideFull story -
Benchling: Enabling the Next Generation of Data and Workflow Tracking
Dec 2, 2019, 10:35 AM by Michael CroftBio-IT World Benchling’s value proposition is easy to see. For researchers—whether in an academic lab, small biotech, or big pharma—keeping track of research using paper lab notebooks, email, and spreadsheets is cumbersome and inefficient. But the challenges to science are much bigger than just misplaced notes or forgotten results. The real value, says Saji Wickramasekara, comes from enabling a new level of collaboration and data provenance.Full story -
TrialScope Launches Clinical Trials Website for EMD Serono
Dec 2, 2019, 09:31 AM by Michael CroftJERSEY CITY, NJ, UNITED STATES - Dec 2, 2019 - TrialScope, the global leader in clinical trial transparency and disclosure compliance solutions, has worked with EMD Serono, the North American branch of the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, to launch a new website, https://clinicaltrialsFull story -
One Nucleus announces finalists of the BioNewsRound Award
Nov 28, 2019, 06:24 AM by Michael CroftLONDON, UK - Nov 28, 2019 - One Nucleus reveals the finalists of its annual BioNewsRound Award, recognising life science companies that have announced exciting developments for patients and the sectorFull story -
Creative Peptides Provides Photo Cross Linkers for Custom Labeling in Peptide Modification
Nov 27, 2019, 22:22 PM by Michael CroftNY, NY, UNITED STATES - Nov 28, 2019 - The global leading peptide supplier Creative Peptides announces to release a product line of photo cross linkers for researchers who are engaged with custom labeling, peptide bioconjugation as well as peptide modificationFull story -
Enzymes for Cancer Treatment Manufactured by Creative Enzymes Have Set New Pace for Medical Science
Nov 27, 2019, 22:08 PM by Michael CroftNEW YORK, NY - Nov 28, 2019 - Creative Enzymes, a cutting-edge enzyme product and service provider based in NY, USA, has recently published enzymes for cancer treatment to help scientists in the area of medicineFull story -
BOC Sciences Rearranges Chemical Analysis and Purification Service for Drug Discovery Projects
Nov 27, 2019, 21:06 PM by Michael CroftSHIRLEY, NY, NY, UNITED STATES - Nov 28, 2019 - In response to the ever-increasing demand in new drug discovery and development, medicinal chemistry has progressed at a fast pace during the last ten yearsFull story -
Signant Health Joins the Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) to Add a Technology Perspective to Industry Conversations
Nov 27, 2019, 11:09 AM by Michael CroftPHILADELPHIA, PA - Nov 27, 2019 - Signant Health announced today that it has joined the non-profit Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO)Full story -
HudsonAlpha, Vanderbilt, Thermo Scientific, and More: News From November 2019
Nov 27, 2019, 08:40 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | November featured exciting new, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including HudsonAlpha, Vanderbilt, Thermo Scientific, and more.
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Prokarium announces MHRA acceptance to run Phase I trial of lead vaccine against enteric fever
Nov 26, 2019, 04:50 AM by Michael CroftLONDON, UK - Nov 26, 2019 - Prokarium, a private biotechnology company developing vaccines against infectious diseases and immunotherapy for solid tumors, has received Clinical Trial Authorization (CTA) acceptance from the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to run a first-in-human Phase I trial with Entervax, a bivalent vaccine against enteric feverFull story -
SAKOR Technologies Announces Dynamometer Line for Testing Electric Motor Efficiency to Meet International Environmental Standards
Nov 25, 2019, 14:27 PM by Michael CroftOWOSSO, MI, UNITED STATES - Nov 25, 2019 - For Immediate ReleaseContact: Judi Handel McNeil, Gray & Rice 617-367-0100 extFull story