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GenePattern Notebook Environment Needs Only A Web Browser To Run Analyses
Aug 31, 2017, 16:05 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have launched a new GenePattern Notebook environment, which combines the dynamic capabilities of an electronic analysis notebook with the ease of use of a point-and-click interface to hundreds of genomic tools.Full story -
Renewed Attention Sees New Progress For Hepatitis B
Aug 31, 2017, 11:40 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | The HBV field has seen increased attention from industry research in the past few years, influenced by the success of new hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapies. After scientists realized HCV could be cured, they turned their attention to hepatitis B, hoping to develop a cure for it also.
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FDA Approval Brings First Gene Therapy To The United States
Aug 30, 2017, 17:35 PM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a historic action today making the first gene therapy available in the United States, ushering in a new approach to the treatment of cancer and other serious and life-threatening diseases.
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Edico, DNAnexus Launch $20, 90-minute Whole Genome Analysis
Aug 30, 2017, 16:20 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World Edico Genome and DNAnexus, Inc. today announced the availability of Edico Genome’s DRAGEN on Amazon Web Service’s EC2 F1/FPGA instances via DNAnexus. For a limited time, the cost to analyze a whole genome at 35X coverage will be $20 and take about an hour and a half, Pieter van Rooyen said.Full story -
Seven Bridges, Numerate, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, And More: News From August 2017
Aug 30, 2017, 09:55 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | August featured exciting new, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including Seven Bridges, Numerate, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, and more.
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Freenome Announces Series A Extension Led By Section 32
Aug 28, 2017, 16:38 PM by Michael CroftDiagnostics World News | Freenome announced that it has raised an additional $7 million as an extension to its previously announced Series A funding, bringing the total to nearly $72 million. The extension was led by Section 32.Full story -
New ZEISS Celldiscoverer 7 for Live Cell Imaging
Aug 28, 2017, 12:05 PM by Michael CroftPEABODY, MA - Aug 28, 2017 - ZEISS introduces a new system for automated microscopy in life sciences research. ZEISS Celldiscoverer 7 combines the user-friendly automation features of a boxed microscope with the image quality and flexibility of a classic inverted research microscopeFull story -
Gilead Agrees To Buy Kite Pharma, Leaping Into CAR-T Cancer Therapy
Aug 28, 2017, 10:57 AM by Michael CroftSTAT | Gilead agrees to buy Kite Pharma and its emerging line of CAR-T oncology therapies, which aim to harnesses the immune system to fight cancer.Full story -
LifeSphere Intake and Triage™ Leverages Automation to Significantly Improve Efficiency of Safety Case Intake Process, Eliminating 90% of Manual Data Entry
Aug 28, 2017, 06:13 AM by Michael CroftCHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES - Aug 30, 2017 - ArisGlobal, a leading provider of integrated, multi-tenant cloud-based software solutions for life sciences, announces LifeSphere Intake and Triage™, a sophisticated case triage solution that enables drug and device companies to manage the intake, receipt and triaging of adverse events (AEs) automatically from a wide range of sources, including email, fax, online portal, electronic gateway (capable of processing both E2B (R3) and E2B (R2) cases) and mobile appsFull story -
Reltio Named to Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Aug 25, 2017, 18:07 PM by Michael CroftNEW YORK, NY - Aug 25, 2017 - Inc. Magazine has ranked Reltio No. 153 on its 36th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companiesFull story -
Allotrope Foundation: A Framework For Knowledge Management
Aug 25, 2017, 09:25 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | 2017 Best Practices Awards | The Allotrope Foundation hopes their Allotrope Framework will allow researchers to rethink the way they acquire and manage scientific data.
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WITec’s RISE Microscopy
Aug 24, 2017, 09:55 AM by Michael CroftPEABODY, MA - Aug 24, 2017 - WITecs solution for correlative Raman-SEM imaging is now available for ZEISS Sigma 300, a field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM)Full story -
Medivir outsources compound management to BioAscent
Aug 23, 2017, 08:27 AM by Michael CroftNEWHOUSE, UK - Aug 23, 2017 - Medivir outsources compound management to BioAscentEntire library of 56,000 samples transferred in under 3 days NEWHOUSE, UK (23 August 2017): BioAscent Discovery Limited (wwwFull story -
The Next Digital Arms Race In Life Sciences
Aug 23, 2017, 08:25 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Life sciences research is in the middle of a digital arms race. As more research is conducted, more data is produced and more storage is required.
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Equus Compute Solutions to Team with AIC at VMworld 2017
Aug 22, 2017, 13:42 PM by Michael CroftEDINA, MN - Aug 22, 2017 - Equus Compute Solutions, one of Americas largest manufacturers of custom computer hardware systems, will be joining with AIC to showcase a range of server platforms that are ideal for VMware virtualization and vSAN solutions at VMworld 2017, Booth #113Full story -
Lab Innovations continues its successful partnership with the Royal Society of Chemistry
Aug 22, 2017, 08:42 AM by Michael Croft- Aug 22, 2017 - Lab Innovations – the UKs only dedicated showcase for laboratory, analytical and biotech equipment – returns to the NEC, Birmingham, for its sixth consecutive year on the 1st and 2nd of November 2017Full story -
Concept Life Sciences announces the appointment of John Handley as Chief Operating Officer as the Company prepares for the next stage of growth and development
Aug 22, 2017, 07:37 AM by Michael Croft, UNITED KINGDOM - Aug 22, 2017 - Concept Life Sciences a knowledge-based, science-led business providing a wide range of innovative and integrated solutions within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food, environmental, agrochemical, biocides, chemical and consumer sectors, today announces the appointment of John Handley as Chief Operating OfficerFull story -
CDMO to invest €19m in GMP facility expansion
Aug 22, 2017, 07:28 AM by Michael Croft, SWITZERLAND - Aug 22, 2017 - Spray drying specialist and capsule filling service provider Micro-Sphere is investing 21 million CHF (€19 million) into expanding its GMP manufacturing capabilities at its facility in SwitzerlandFull story -
Oxford Genetics Secures £7.5 Million Investment
Aug 21, 2017, 09:25 AM by Michael CroftOXFORD, UK - Aug 21, 2017 - Oxford Genetics, a leader in innovative synthetic biology-based technologies for biologics discovery, development and delivery, has announced a £7Full story -
Data Sharing Built With BRICS
Aug 21, 2017, 08:35 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | 2017 Best Practices Awards | The Biomedical Imaging Research Services Section of the NIH is offering its Biomedical Research Informatics Computing System to assist researchers in the collection and application of data for research studies and clinical trials.