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10 Years Of GWAS Discovery: Biology, Function, And Translation
Jul 7, 2017, 13:30 PM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | Application of the experimental design of genome-wide association studies is now 10 years old, and researchers now review the remarkable range of discoveries it has facilitated in population and complex-trait genetics, the biology of diseases, and translation toward new therapeutics.
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Ancient-Genome Studies Grapple With Africa’s Past
Jul 6, 2017, 16:43 PM by Michael CroftNature News & Comment | Ignored for too long by researchers, ancient humans who lived in Africa thousands of years ago are finally having their genomes studied. Two projects released results this week on the genomes of around 20 individuals, which together reveal that the history of our species on the continent was far more complex than previously thought.Full story -
Howard Darvin, MD, FACS, Joins RxEOB as Chief Medical Officer
Jul 6, 2017, 13:52 PM by Michael CroftRICHMOND, VA, US - Jul 6, 2017 - RxEOB, an industry leader in member engagement applications for pharmacy benefits, has added Dr. Howard Darvin of Cleveland, Ohio, to their growing team as chief medical officerFull story -
Encouraging Inclusion In Supercomputing
Jul 6, 2017, 10:50 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | Several programs and groups are being created to address the issue of improving and optimizing the inclusion of women in the field of supercomputing.
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Specialist CRO expands pharmacovigilance capabilities
Jul 6, 2017, 06:23 AM by Michael CroftLONDON, UK - Jul 6, 2017 - LONDON (UK) - (July 6, 2017) Quanticate has completed an investment initiative to upgrade its pharmacovigilance safety database and its in-house technology platform in preparation for the upcoming Article 2(3) of Directive 2010/84/EU that will impact the pharmaceutical industry later this yearFull story -
How To Build A Human Cell Atlas
Jul 5, 2017, 16:24 PM by Michael CroftNature News & Comment | Aviv Regev is a maven of hard-core biological analyses. Now she is part of an effort to map every cell in the human body.Full story -
Idifarma approved for EU-GMP commercial capsule manufacturing
Jul 3, 2017, 07:21 AM by Michael Croft- Jul 3, 2017 - A Spanish contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) has expanded its GMP manufacturing offering with the installation of new automatic capsule filling capabilities at its EU-GMP approved plant in Pamplona, SpainFull story -
VEEDA CLINICAL RESEARCH awarded as Best Pharmaceutical CRO 2017 by APAC Indian Business Excellence Awards.
Jul 3, 2017, 06:08 AM by Michael CroftAHMEDABAD, INDIA - Jul 4, 2017 - Veeda Clinical Research has been awarded as "Best Pharmaceutical CRO 2017 by APAC Indian Business Excellence Awards based in UKFull story -
Illumina Announces Companion Diagnostic For Amgen Colorectal Cancer Drug
Jun 30, 2017, 11:42 AM by Michael CroftDiagnostics World News | Illumina has announced FDA approval of its Extended RAS Panel for use on the MiSeqDx System. The next-generation sequencing kit is intended to help clinicians identify which patients are eligible for treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer with Amgen's Vectibix.Full story -
Best Practices For Adopting An Enterprise Screening Platform
Jun 30, 2017, 10:55 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Contributed Commentary | A few years back, AstraZeneca started on a journey to adopt and implement an enterprise-level screening platform for use company-wide. Here are some of the important milestones in that journey.
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TraceLink NEXUS 17 attendees cite information sharing as largest benefit expected from serialization
Jun 29, 2017, 14:02 PM by Michael Croft, MA - Jun 29, 2017 - North Reading, Mass. (June 29, 2017)— TraceLink Inc., the worlds largest track and trace network for connecting the life sciences supply chain and providing real-time information sharing for better patient outcomes, announces new industry findings from its annual conference, NEXUS 17Full story -
The Jackson Laboratory, Illumina, Sinequa, And More: News From June 2017
Jun 29, 2017, 11:10 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | News, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including The Jackson Laboratory, Illumina, Sinequa, and more.
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Data Models To GO-FAIR
Jun 28, 2017, 16:35 PM by Michael CroftFull storyNature Genetics | FAIR Data is data that should be findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable by both humans and machines. Nature Genetics is calling for submissions containing linked open data models that embody and extend the FAIR principles.
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MDI Biological Laboratory Offers New ‘Biomedical Bootcamp’ Course
Jun 28, 2017, 11:38 AM by Michael CroftBAR HARBOR, ME, UNITED STATES - Jun 28, 2017 - A career in biomedical science was once largely synonymous with a job in academic research, but thats no longer trueFull story -
New Gene-Editing Technique Could Drive Out Mosquito-Borne Disease
Jun 28, 2017, 11:01 AM by Michael CroftBerkeley News | Scientists at UC Berkeley and UC Riverside have demonstrated a way to edit the genome of disease-carrying mosquitoes that brings us closer to suppressing them on a continental scale.Full story -
BioreclamationIVT Deploys Zenoss to Monitor the Global IT Infrastructure That Manages Its Indispensable Biological Materials
Jun 28, 2017, 10:17 AM by Michael CroftAUSTIN, TX - Jun 28, 2017 - Zenoss Inc., the leader in hybrid IT monitoring and analytics software, today announced that BioreclamationIVT, a leading provider of biospecimens and services to life sciences and pharmaceutical companies, has selected Zenoss to monitor its IT network, applications, and the storage freezers and refrigerators critical to its businessFull story -
Certara Endows Professorship at the UF College of Pharmacy
Jun 28, 2017, 09:26 AM by Michael CroftPRINCETON, NJ - Jun 28, 2017 - Certara®, the global leader in model-informed drug development and regulatory science, today announced that it has endowed a professorship at the University of Florida College of Pharmacys Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems PharmacologyFull story -
Sema4 and GNS Healthcare Announce Collaboration Using REFS™ Causal Machine Learning and Simulation AI Platform
Jun 27, 2017, 15:43 PM by Michael CroftSTAMFORD, CT, UNITED STATES - Jun 27, 2017 - Sema4, an interdisciplinary health information company with expertise in collecting diverse data, building computational models of disease and unlocking solutions to disease, today announced it is leveraging GNS Healthcares (GNS), REFS (Reverse Engineering and Forward Simulation) causal machine learning and simulation platform to further aid Sema4 in the discovery and development of novel disease therapies and the application of these drugs in patient careFull story -
Artificial Intelligence Innovation Summit
Jun 27, 2017, 14:28 PM by Michael CroftSAN FRANCISCO, CA, UNITED STATES - Sep 18, 2017 - Artificial Intelligence Innovation SummitSeptember 18-19, 2017 | San Francisco, CA For More information contact: ExL Events FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPhone: 866-207-6528Email : registration@exleventsFull story -
Sequencing Healthy Patients Reveals That Many Carry Rare Genetic Disease Risks
Jun 27, 2017, 09:25 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | In a new paper published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, investigators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, along with collaborators at Baylor College of Medicine, report the results of the 4 year, NIH-funded MedSeq Project, the first-ever randomized trial conducted to examine the impact of whole genome sequencing in healthy primary care patients.