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Geisinger Says DNA Sequencing As Preventative Care Is Ready For The Clinic
May 7, 2018, 15:37 PM by Michael CroftForbes | 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.Full story -
National Adventure: All of Us Research Program Launches Prioritizing Diversity, Security
May 6, 2018, 18:15 PM by Michael CroftBio-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.Full story -
BGI To Install BGISEQ-500 In Toronto
May 4, 2018, 16:55 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World | BGI Genomics announced two new partnerships today, including the first North American deployment of the BGISEQ-500.Full story -
AI And Machine Learning For Healthcare, Precision Wellness, Genomic Data Visualization
May 4, 2018, 10:50 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-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.
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Smart Meter’s iGlucose® Diabetes Management Solution Enables Reimbursable Remote Patient Monitoring
May 3, 2018, 15:17 PM by Michael CroftTAMPA, FL, UNITED STATES - Apr 24, 2018 - Smart Meter, an innovative diabetes management data, technology and solutions company, today announced that its iGlucose® Diabetes Care Solution meets the requirements for the newly created Remote Monitoring CPT Code, as defined by Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)Full story -
Bio-IT World Announces 2018 Best Of Show People's Choice Award Contenders
May 3, 2018, 11:20 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | Bio-IT World is pleased to announce the 2018 Best of Show competition with the Bio-IT World People’s Choice award.
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Synpromics Awarded £1.9m Grant from Scottish Enterprise
May 3, 2018, 09:25 AM by Michael CroftEDINBURGH, UK - May 3, 2018 - Sciad Newswire / Synpromics Ltd, the leader in gene control, today announced it has been awarded a £1Full story -
Quartzy Partners With LA Biotech Accelerator For Lab Management, Supply
May 2, 2018, 14:35 PM by Michael CroftBio-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.Full story -
Quartzy and BioBuilt Join Forces to Make Lab Management and Supply Procurement Easy for New Biotech Startups
May 2, 2018, 12:40 PM by Michael CroftDOVE CANYON, CA, US - May 2, 2018 - Quartzy and BioBuilt, the Los Angeles accelerator, collaborate to ensure the bioscience leaders of tomorrow have the lab supplies they need todayQuartzy, the only free online laboratory supply management and ordering platform, announced today its joint effort with LA-based BioBuilt to provide the accelerator's companies with industry-leading lab management software and faster access to critical reagents and consumablesFull story -
Cancer Sequencing Hype And Reality
May 2, 2018, 12:38 PM by Michael CroftIn the Pipeline | Derek Lowe reviews a recent piece in Science, and tackles the issue of hype versus reality in cancer sequencing.Full story -
UC Berkeley Struggles To Find Sympathetic Court In CRISPR Patent Appeal
Apr 30, 2018, 16:41 PM by Michael CroftSTAT | The University of California, which has been losing the fight over US patents on the revolutionary genome-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9, did not pull any rabbits out of a hat during oral arguments Monday in its appeal of the case.Full story -
Melissa Launches Druginator, Clinical Data Quality Powered by Machine Reasoning
Apr 30, 2018, 14:57 PM by Michael CroftRANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA, UNITED STATES - May 1, 2018 - Melissa, a leading provider of global contact data quality and identity verification solutions, today announced Druginator, a new, tightly targeted element of its comprehensive data quality toolset to clean, harmonize, and connect disparate content sources for clinical insight and discoveryFull story -
Illumina, Quartzy, PerkinElmer, And More: News From April 2018
Apr 30, 2018, 13:05 PM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | April featured exciting new, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including Illumina, Quartzy, PerkinElmer, and more.
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Domainex ranked as the fastest growing drug discovery CRO in Europe
Apr 30, 2018, 05:50 AM by Michael CroftCAMBRIDGE, UK - Apr 30, 2018 - Domainex Ltd, a privately-owned drug discovery services company, is proud to announce its inclusion in the second annual top 1000 list of Europes fastest growing companies, published by the Financial TimesFull story -
Peerwith announces PeerScienceCoin, a new blockchain-based payment token for scientists and academic institutions collaborating on peerwith.com
Apr 30, 2018, 05:49 AM by Michael CroftAMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - Apr 30, 2018 - Peerwith, the peer-to-peer marketplace for scientists, is pleased to announce the launch of PeerScienceCoin (PSC)Full story -
Qlucore Omics Explorer 3.4 makes single cell RNA-seq analysis and visualization easier
Apr 30, 2018, 05:41 AM by Michael CroftLUND, UNITED KINGDOM - Apr 30, 2018 - Qlucore Omics Explorer 3.4 makessingle cell RNA-seq analysis and visualization easierQlucore, a leader in the development of bioinformatics visualization and analysis software, has today launched the latest version of its user friendly softwarexFull story -
10x Genomics Announces $125 Million Funding
Apr 27, 2018, 13:45 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World News Brief | 10x Genomics announced a $125 million funding round that included $50 million Series D financing. It was led by Meritech Capital Partners and included new investor Wells Fargo Strategic Capital along with current investors Paladin Capital, Fidelity, and the SoftBank Group. The company complemented this financing with a new $75 million debt facility with Silicon Valley Bank.Full story -
UK Commits A Billion Pounds To AI Development
Apr 27, 2018, 10:26 AM by Michael CroftTOP500 | The British government and the private sector are investing close to £1 billion pounds to boost the country's artificial intelligence sector. The investment, which was announced on Thursday, is part of a wide-ranging strategy to make the UK a global leader in AI and big data.Full story -
Quartzy Signs On OriGene, Advansta and Jackson ImmunoResearch to Expand Access to Key Lab Supplies
Apr 26, 2018, 10:46 AM by Michael CroftPALO ALTO, CA, US - Apr 23, 2018 - Quartzy, the only free online laboratory supply management and ordering platform, announced today a new authorized distributor agreement with OriGene, Advansta and Jackson ImmunoResearchFull story -
CRF Health’s TrialMax eCOA Solution Selected for Landmark Pain Outcomes Study by Global Japanese Pharmaceutical Company
Apr 26, 2018, 05:53 AM by Michael CroftPLYMOUTH MEETING, PA - Apr 26, 2018 - CRF Health, the leading provider of patient-centered eSource for the life sciences industry, today announced that its TrialMax Touch® and TrialMax Slate® solutions have been selected by a Global Category Japanese Pharmaceutical company for a significant pain trialFull story