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Mark Zuckerberg Is Funding a Facebook for Human Cells
Oct 31, 2016, 15:00 PM by Michael CroftMIT Technology Review | The billionaire is the first major donor to back the idea of creating an atlas of all human cells.Full story -
Third Rock Ventures One of Biotechs Daring Investors Raises $616M For More Startups
Oct 31, 2016, 11:52 AM by Michael CroftForbes | Biotech venture capital is supposed to be the highest-risk/highest-reward type of investment there is. But many biotech VCs are actually pretty conservative, hesitant to wager on edgy science that might take a decade to pay off. Not Third Rock Ventures.Full story -
Onboarding New Talent Post-IPO Turnover Of Biotech Boards
Oct 31, 2016, 10:55 AM by Michael CroftForbes | A biotech's Board often plays important roles in shaping the company's success or failure: contributing strategic guidance, providing proper governance, stewarding fiduciary responsibilities, raising a startups' profile, aiding business development, to name a few.Full story -
Nation’s Report Card Shows Improvement In Science, But There’s Still Work To Do
Oct 28, 2016, 13:15 PM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | The White House released the National Assessment of Educational Progress, their report card for the nation’s educational systems. In the field of science, Tennessee was among the standouts of those recognized.
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Oxford Genetics receives £1m investment
Oct 28, 2016, 11:29 AM by Michael CroftOXFORD, OXFORD - Oct 28, 2016 - A leading biotechnology company with expertise in DNA design is set to benefit from a £1m investment to support its growth strategy and assist in the delivery of new services for cancer fighting gene therapy technologiesFull story -
Internet2, Google, BGI, and More: News from October 2016
Oct 28, 2016, 10:35 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World News Briefs | News, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community including news from Internet2, Google, BGI, and more.
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Cardiac Assist Devices Market to be Propelled by Rapidly Growing Geriatric Population
Oct 28, 2016, 07:22 AM by Michael CroftALBANY, NY, UNITED STATES - Oct 28, 2016 - Cardiac Assist Devices (CAD) are type of mechanical pumps that work along with the heart to improve its pumping efficiency and maintain the optimum blood flow throughout the bodyFull story -
Sterilization Market is Driven with Rise in Safety Processes of Various Research Laboratories
Oct 28, 2016, 03:48 AM by Michael CroftALBANY, NY - Oct 28, 2016 - The term sterilization refers to any procedure that helps in destroying all forms of microbial life and transmissible agentsFull story -
New ZEISS Axio Observer Microscopes for Life Sciences
Oct 27, 2016, 09:31 AM by Michael CroftThe open and flexible inverted microscope platform for living and fixed specimens Jena, Germany, 10 26 2016 Today, ZEISS introduces a new inverted microscope platform for life science research. The ZEISS Axio Observer family consists ofFull story -
Hemophilia Treatment Market is Unearthed through Growing Number of R & D Projects in Sector
Oct 27, 2016, 08:40 AM by Michael CroftALBANY, NY, UNITED STATES - Oct 27, 2016 - The research report on the global hemophilia treatment market provides every detail that is critical in understanding the nature of the changing market dynamicsFull story -
Creative Biolabs Announces a Satisfactory Result in Its Research Cooperation with In-Cell-Art
Oct 26, 2016, 22:18 PM by Michael CroftSHIRLEY, NY, USA - Oct 27, 2016 - Creative Biolabs, a biotech company specialized in providing custom biotechnology and pharmaceutical services that cover the full scope of biotechnology needs, announces that its services provided to In-Cell-Art (ICA) lead to a satisfactory result in the research collaboration between ICA and VirbacFull story -
Lab7 Systems Secures $3.0M Financing to Fuel Platform Growth and Commercial Expansion
Oct 26, 2016, 14:31 PM by Michael CroftAUSTIN, TX - Oct 26, 2016 - Lab7 Systems, Inc., a leader in workflow management for data-intensive life science applications, announced today the closing of $3Full story -
China National GeneBank Opening Hopes To Provide Resource For Global Health
Oct 26, 2016, 10:20 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World Brief | The official opening of the China National GeneBank (CNGB) marks a new phase in Chinese-International genomics collaboration, providing scientists from across the world with access to one of the world's most comprehensive and sophisticated biorepositories with the goal of enabling breakthroughs in human health research, and contributing to global biodiversity conservation efforts.
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Digital Health Market: Converging Digital and Genomic Revolutions with Health and Society
Oct 26, 2016, 03:52 AM by Michael CroftALBANY, NY, UNITED STATES - Oct 26, 2016 - Digital health is technology-enabled care that involves the convergence of digital media, health technology, and mobile devicesFull story -
Solving The Lack Of Diversity In Genomic Research
Oct 25, 2016, 16:55 PM by Michael CroftMIT Technology Review | An overwhelming majority of the data collected is from people of European ancestry. But researchers are trying to change that.Full story -
Industry and Government Bodies Gather for Crucial Updates into Antibiotic Resistance in Just 3 Weeks at Superbugs USA 2016
Oct 25, 2016, 15:56 PM by Michael CroftISELIN, NJ, UNITED KINGDOM - Oct 26, 2016 - Just 3 weeks remain until SMi Group open its doors to host Superbugs & Superdrugs USA, the American instalment of its long running European conferenceFull story -
Chinese Firm Admits Its Hacked Products Were Behind Friday's DDOS Attack
Oct 25, 2016, 09:06 AM by Michael CroftComputerworld | A Chinese electronics component manufacturer says its products inadvertently played a role in a massive cyberattack that disrupted major internet sites in the U.S. on Friday.Full story -
Antibody Drug Conjugates Market Driven by Extensive Research and Development Activities
Oct 25, 2016, 06:59 AM by Michael CroftALBANY, NY, UNITED STATES - Oct 25, 2016 - Antibody drug conjugates are monoclonal antibodies that are attached with biologically active drugsFull story -
Pneumonia Diagnostics & Technologies Market – Evaluating New Diagnostic Technologies
Oct 25, 2016, 03:55 AM by Michael CroftALBANY, NY, UNITED STATES - Oct 25, 2016 - Pneumonia is a type of lung infection caused by microorganisms such as bacteria, virus, fungi and parasitesFull story -
UgenTec reaches milestone; acquires ISO 13485 certificate & CE-IVD label for artificially intelligent PCR interpretation software
Oct 25, 2016, 03:39 AM by Michael CroftHASSELT, BELGIË - Oct 25, 2016 - UgenTec, the Belgian bioinformatics company that is developing universal & intelligent PCR analysis software, has received its ISO 13485 certificationFull story