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Illumina's Flatley speaks of genomic future
Jun 21, 2016, 13:16 PM by Michael CroftThe San Diego Union-Tribune | Illumina's Flatley speaks of genomic future. Longtime CEO stepping down to become chairman, looks for near-universal use of genome sequencing.Full story -
University of Southampton Leverages Medidata Clinical Cloud to Bridge Innovation Gap Between Academia and UK Drug Development Industry
Jun 21, 2016, 13:15 PM by Michael CroftNEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES - Jun 21, 2016 - Medidata (NASDAQ: MDSO), the leading global provider of cloud-based solutions for clinical research in life sciences, and the Southampton Clinical Trials Unitat the University of Southampton today announced a partnership to accelerate drug development across the United KingdomFull story -
TABLET PRESS INVESTMENT AT JUNIPER PHARMA SERVICES
Jun 21, 2016, 11:31 AM by Michael CroftNOTTINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - Jun 21, 2016 - Nottingham, UK – Juniper Pharma Services (the company), a subsidiary of Juniper Pharmaceuticals, IncFull story -
Rho Recognized for Exemplary Workplace Practice
Jun 20, 2016, 14:16 PM by Michael CroftReceives prestigious When Work Works Award for the fourth time Chapel Hill, NC (June 15, 2016) – Rho, a full service contract research organization (CRO) focused on bringing new products to market through a fullFull story -
Nvidias new Pascal GPU to supercharge deep learning
Jun 20, 2016, 12:43 PM by Michael CroftComputerworld | Some of the world's fastest computers use Nvidia's graphics processor for computer vision and complex calculations, and a new GPU will supercharge these applications.Full story -
Definiens to Present at First Rational Combinations 360° Conference in New York
Jun 20, 2016, 09:40 AM by Michael CroftMUNICH, GERMANY - Jun 20, 2016 - Definiens, the pioneer in Tissue Phenomics solutions for diagnostics development and commercialization, today announced that chief commercial officer Merrilyn Datta, PhD, will present at Rational Combinations 360°, being held in New York, NY from June 23-24, 2016Full story -
WuXi AppTec Adopts Reaxys and Reaxys Medicinal Chemistry to Support Research and Expansion Ambitions
Jun 17, 2016, 12:07 PM by Michael CroftPHILADELPHIA, PA, USA - Jun 17, 2016 - Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced that WuXi AppTec, the world's largest Contract Research Outsourcing (CRO) provider, has adopted Reaxys® and Reaxys® Medicinal ChemistryFull story -
Building Human Longevity’s Exhaustive Knowledgebase
Jun 17, 2016, 10:40 AM by Michael CroftBio-IT World | Best Practices Winner | Despite advances in genomics in the past decade, there are still large portions of the genome that scientists and physicians don’t know how to interpret. Human Longevity Inc. (HLI) wants to fill in those gaps.Full story -
China claims exascale by 2020 three years before U.S.
Jun 17, 2016, 09:45 AM by Michael CroftComputerworld | China's Tianhe-3 exascale system is set to go live in 2020, three years ahead of the US roadmap. But raw power aside, what might matter most in next-gen systems is how efficiently apps run.Full story -
Rgenix Closes $33 Million Series B Round
Jun 15, 2016, 16:25 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World Rgenix, a cancer therapeutics company developing first-in-class drugs targeting novel cancer pathways, announced a $33 million Series B financing led by Novo A/S and Sofinnova Partners, with participation from existing investors including Partnership Fund for New York City, Alexandria Venture Investments, and Conegliano Ventures LP. The financing will support clinical development of Rgenix’s lead drug candidates, RGX-104 and RGX-202, as well as further development of its therapeutics pipeline.Full story -
NCI Launches GDC
Jun 15, 2016, 11:50 AM by Michael CroftBio-IT World The National Cancer Institute's new Genomic Data Commons platform aims to make genomic data publicly available in support of the “moonshot” to cure cancer.Full story -
How iPS cells changed the world
Jun 15, 2016, 10:27 AM by Michael CroftNature News & Comment | Induced pluripotent stem cells were supposed to herald a medical revolution. But ten years after their discovery, they are transforming biological research instead.Full story -
WIRB-Copernicus Group Acquires Data and Technology from karmadata
Jun 15, 2016, 08:38 AM by Michael CroftPRINCETON, NJ - Jun 15, 2016 - WIRB-Copernicus Group® (WCG), one of the world's leading providers of solutions that measurably improve the quality and efficiency of clinical research, today announced an industry-transforming agreement with karmadata, the market leader in clinical trial database and decision support applicationsFull story -
Survey Launch on Public Attitudes Toward Genomic Data Sharing
Jun 13, 2016, 15:50 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World | The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) and the Wellcome Genome Campus have together launched a video series and survey to explore public attitudes toward genetic data handling.Full story -
Sekisui XenoTech Introduces New Research BioBank
Jun 13, 2016, 12:14 PM by Michael CroftKANSAS CITY, KS, UNITED STATES - Jun 13, 0016 - As part of Sekisui XenoTechs commitment to furthering knowledge of hepatic diseases, the company has begun providing disease-diagnosed tissue samples and hepatocytes through its new Research BioBankFull story -
United States Golf Association Taps Danforth Center To Improve Course Sustainability
Jun 13, 2016, 11:35 AM by Michael CroftST. LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES - Jun 13, 2016 - The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced it is collaborating with Washington University in StFull story -
Gene Therapy Is Curing Hemophilia
Jun 13, 2016, 11:30 AM by Michael CroftMIT Technology Review | Spark Therapeutics is turning gene-therapy experiments into real drugs.Full story -
WorldQuant Backs Cycle Computings High-Performance Computing Play
Jun 13, 2016, 10:37 AM by Michael CroftFortune | Cycle Computing, which bootstrapped its high-performance computing cloud capabilities for 11 years, now has backing of WorldQuant Ventures.Full story -
Heres what six storage suppliers will be doing for the next year or two
Jun 10, 2016, 12:08 PM by Michael CroftThe Register | At the Stifel technology conference, analyst Aaron Rakers, had some fireside chats with senior execs from Brocade and QLogic, Pure and Nimble, Seagate and WDC.Full story -
AstraZeneca’s CI360 Wins Bio-IT World’s Knowledge Management Best Practices Award
Jun 10, 2016, 11:50 AM by Michael CroftFull storyBio-IT World | Best Practices Winner | Last April, Bio-IT World announced the winners of its Best Practices Awards in Boston. AstraZeneca came away this year as the big winner in the Knowledge Management category, impressing judges with their CI360 competitive intelligence platform.