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Maine Technology Institute Funds MDI Biological Laboratory Scientist
Sep 12, 2017, 16:11 PM by Michael CroftBAR HARBOR, ME, UNITED STATES - Sep 12, 2017 - The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) has awarded a $25,000 seed grant to Sandra Rieger, Ph.D., of the MDI Biological Laboratory to study peripheral neuropathy, a condition that causes pain, tingling and numbness in the hands and feet and affects an estimated 20 to 40 million AmericansFull story -
IBM Expands Certified Public Cloud Infrastructure For SAP HANA
Sep 12, 2017, 11:05 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | IBM today announced the availability of new SAP-certified bare metal servers for SAP HANA platform deployments in the IBM Cloud and new configurations for VMware environments. The new cloud infrastructure-as-a-service solutions are designed to give enterprises the power and performance they need to manage their mission-critical applications running on SAP HANA.
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Repositive Joins Campaign to Support Rare Disease
Sep 12, 2017, 10:22 AM by Michael CroftCAMBRIDGE, UK - Sep 12, 2017 - ... Repositive, the company that created the worlds largest portal for accessing human genomic research data is using its data platform, community and influence to help Maddie Thurgood, a young girl from the UK with the rare disease, Spastic Paraplegia 15 (SPG15)Full story -
Alexion Cutting 600 Jobs And Moving Headquarters In Major Shakeup
Sep 12, 2017, 09:41 AM by Michael CroftSTAT | Alexion, once one of biotech's biggest success stories, is eliminating 20% of its global workforce as it struggles to map out a brighter future.Full story -
Recipharm and CTC launch integrated first in human service
Sep 12, 2017, 05:40 AM by Michael Croft- Sep 12, 2017 - Contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) Recipharm and contract research organisation (CRO) Clinical Trial Consultants (CTC) have partnered to launch a new service that delivers a clear, streamlined pathway to first in human milestonesFull story -
Sam Beck, Ph.D., Joins MDI Biological Laboratory Faculty in Computational Biolog
Sep 11, 2017, 11:15 AM by Michael CroftBAR HARBOR, ME, UNITED STATES - Sep 11, 2017 - The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that Sam Beck, Ph.D., has joined the faculty as an assistant professor of computational biologyFull story -
ArisGlobal Announces LifeSphere Mobile MA™, Life Science’s First Multi-Function, Self-Service Portal for Medical Affairs and Pharmacovigilance
Sep 11, 2017, 10:20 AM by Michael CroftMIAMI, FL, UNITED STATES - Sep 13, 2017 - ArisGlobal, a leading provider of integrated, multi-tenant cloud-based software solutions for life sciences, today announced that LifeSphere Mobile MA is the first multi-lingual service portal and mobile app for medical affairs and pharmacovigilance to help sales reps, medical science liaisons (MSLs), healthcare professionals and even patients access approved product content, address adverse event management, and submit medical inquiries and product quality complaints from any mobile deviceFull story -
Long-Read Sequencing Data Enables Structural Variant Discovery For Clinical And Disease Research
Sep 11, 2017, 10:15 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Contributed Commentary | The advent of single molecule, real-time sequencing, with average read lengths exceeding 12 kb, has allowed scientists to reliably detect structural variation for the first time. These latest studies have shown that previous human genome data sets have dramatically underrepresented the number of structural variants—along with their effect on health and disease.
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Ardena launches following Pharmavize and Crystallics merger
Sep 11, 2017, 05:40 AM by Michael Croft- Sep 11, 2017 - A new early-phase contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), Ardena, has launched following the merging of Pharmavize and CrystallicsFull story -
Amid Setback Researchers Forge Ahead with “Off-the-Shelf” Immune Cells to Treat Cancer
Sep 8, 2017, 14:15 PM by Michael CroftMIT Technology Review | The approach could treat patients in dire need faster at a lower price, but major questions remain about safety.Full story -
Genestack offers ‘missing link’ for genomics drug discovery
Sep 8, 2017, 12:10 PM by Michael CroftCAMBRIDGE, UK - Sep 8, 2017 - Genestack is providing an essential missing link between data and its analysis, says Imad I. Yassin, recently appointed Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Genestack, the Cambridge-based biodata management companyFull story -
Patients Without Traditional Cancer Screening Find Allies In Maccabi And Medial EarlySign
Sep 8, 2017, 08:45 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | 2017 Best Practices Awards | Maccabi Healthcare System is using Medial EarlySign’s clinical decision support tool to find colon cancer patients among individuals who didn’t go through traditional channels for screening.
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Visualising gene-trait networks for faster discovery
Sep 8, 2017, 07:57 AM by Michael CroftCAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - Sep 8, 2017 - It is now possible for non-bioinformaticians to create knowledge-networks – a powerful way for biologists to visualise deep connections between genes and phenotypes – quickly and efficiently thanks to the integration of Rothamsted Researchs open-source KnetMiner software into the Genestack platformFull story -
Does Your Genome Predict Your Face? Not Quite Yet
Sep 7, 2017, 12:50 PM by Michael CroftMIT Technology Review | Genomics pioneer J. Craig Venter says if he had your genome he could pick you out of a crowd. According to two experts who reviewed the famed genomics expert's claim, however, that's not necessarily true.Full story -
BioIVT Acquires Qualyst Transporter Solutions, Enables Researchers to Predict New Drug Candidates’ Impact on the Liver
Sep 7, 2017, 12:28 PM by Michael CroftWESTBURY, NY - Sep 7, 2017 - BioIVT, a leading provider of biospecimens and related services, today announced that it has acquired Qualyst Transporter Solutions, LLCFull story -
At Vanderbilt, NCI’s Cooperative Human Tissue Network Relies On Lean Principles For Efficiency
Sep 7, 2017, 09:15 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | The National Cancer Institute’s Cooperative Human Tissue Network (CHTN) provides human tissues and fluids from routine procedures to investigators who use human biospecimens in their research. Unlike tissue banks, the CHTN works prospectively with each investigator to tailor specimen acquisition and processing to meet their specific project requirements.
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IBM Pitched Watson As A Revolution In Cancer Care. It's Nowhere Close
Sep 6, 2017, 11:35 AM by Michael CroftSTAT | Three years after IBM began selling Watson for Oncology to recommend cancer treatments, it's falling short of the lofty expectations IBM created for it.Full story -
FormulationX To Debut At INTERPHEX 2018; Elsevier A Foundation Sponsor
Sep 6, 2017, 05:18 AM by Michael CroftNEW YORK, NY - Sep 5, 2017 - International Pharmaceutical Expo (INTERPHEX), the premier event dedicated to pharmaceutical and biotechnology innovation, technology and knowledge from development through commercialization, today announced FormulationX will debut at INTERPHEX 2018 featuring exhibits, technical conference and networking focused on drug substanceFull story -
Human Longevity Researchers Use Whole Genome Sequence Data And Machine Learning To Identify Individuals Through Face And Other Physical Trait Prediction
Sep 5, 2017, 10:50 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | Researchers from Human Longevity have published a study in which individual faces and other physical traits were predicted using whole genome sequencing data and machine learning. This work was published in the journal Proceedings from the National Academy of Sciences.
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MR Solutions receives second Queen’s Award from Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey
Sep 4, 2017, 11:31 AM by Michael Croft, UNITED KINGDOM - Sep 4, 2017 - MR Solutions has received the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise from the Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey at their Guildford headquarters in September in recognition of their outstanding success in growing international salesFull story