May 16, 2016, 11:35 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | Editas Medicine today announced a three-year, $5 million agreement with Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics this morning, and Caribou Biosciences completed a $30 million Series B financing round.

May 16, 2016, 09:58 AM by Michael Croft

BAR HARBOR, ME - May 13, 0016 - The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced the appointment of Stephen D. Krasinski, Ph.D., as vice president for administration

May 16, 2016, 09:46 AM by Michael Croft

ST. LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES - May 16, 2016 - NewLeaf Symbiotics, a non-GMO agricultural biologicals company, announced today the appointment to its team of two key new members

May 13, 2016, 14:06 PM by Michael Croft

BAR HARBOR, ME - May 13, 0016 - Science professionals, doctoral and postdoctoral students from across the country will gather May 20 through 27 at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, for an intensive one-week course in Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy

May 13, 2016, 12:13 PM by Michael Croft

STAT | More than 130 scientists, officials, and others met to discuss the topic of creating a large synthetic genome - including, but not limited to, humans.

May 13, 2016, 10:48 AM by Michael Croft

Health IT Central | Dmitry Etin, of EMC's Strategic Pursuits Team, breaks down his trends and observations from the 2016 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo.

May 12, 2016, 11:59 AM by Michael Croft

Nature News & Comment | Stem-cell scientists attempt to fend off the need for government regulation that could impede research.

May 12, 2016, 11:39 AM by Michael Croft

, UNITED KINGDOM - Dec 5, 2016 - MANUFACTURING software specialist LZ Lifescience has announced a partnership with North Carolina State University’s Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC) to help promote and support technology expertise in the biopharma industry

May 12, 2016, 10:25 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World Brief | The Jackson Laboratory has received a $1.2 million Science Education Partnership Award from the National Institutes of Health for Teaching the Genome Generation, The Jackson Laboratory’s teacher professional development program designed to enhance genetics instruction in high school classrooms.

May 12, 2016, 09:13 AM by Michael Croft

PRINCETON, NJ - May 12, 2016 - Certara®, the global biosimulation technology-enabled drug development company, today announced that Adam Darwich, PhD, has been appointed Certara Lecturer in Precision Dosing at the Manchester Pharmacy School at The University of Manchester in England

May 11, 2016, 11:35 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Contributed Commentary | Ketan Paranjape general manager of the Health & Life Sciences Group, Intel Corporation, welcomed the crowds at the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo last month in Boston. Paranjape’s opening address was a call to action for the Bio-IT community: harness big data and technology to achieve new heights for precision medicine.

May 11, 2016, 10:09 AM by Michael Croft

Nature News & Comment | Scientists must publish less, says Daniel Sarewitz, or good research will be swamped by the ever-increasing volume of poor work.

May 10, 2016, 16:50 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief  Yesterday, 10x Genomics announced the publication of a study in Nature Methods highlighting the benefits of their GemCode Technology to generate high-quality assemblies of complex genomes with their proprietary Linked-Read approach. The article demonstrates a new strategy for performing rapid, accurate and cost-effective de novo genome assembly using 10x Genomics’ Linked-Reads in combination with technologies from BioNano.

May 10, 2016, 15:44 PM by Michael Croft

Xconomy | The evidence is piling up. Companies with more women in charge are better businesses. So why are so many biotechs still led mainly by men?

May 10, 2016, 15:30 PM by Michael Croft

MUNICH, GERMANY - May 10, 2016 - Definiens, the pioneer in Tissue Phenomics® solutions for diagnostics development, has announced findings from the International Symposium, a sold-out gathering of international researchers and clinicians on April 27-28 in Boston, Massachusetts to discuss advancements in oncology and the application of Tissue Phenomics

May 10, 2016, 14:49 PM by Michael Croft

BOSTON, MA - May 10, 2016 - IOMICS Announces Innovative Data Analytics Platform for Chemical Engineering, Medical Research, and Clinical Carex

May 10, 2016, 13:06 PM by Michael Croft

CHAPEL HILL, NC, UNITED STATES - May 10, 2016 -   WHAT:  Rho, a full-service contract research organization (CRO), will highlight its clinical trial expertise during the American Pain Society's (APS) 35th Annual Scientific Meeting, being held May 11-14 in Austin, Texas

May 10, 2016, 11:21 AM by Michael Croft

Computerworld | The result will be a cloud service called Watson for Cyber Security that's designed to provide insights into emerging threats as well as recommendations on how to stop them.

May 6, 2016, 10:06 AM by Michael Croft

Xconomy | The latest biopharmaceutical company testing Wall Street's belief in the promise of gene modification has gone public. Intellia Therapeutics sold 6 million shares at $18 each to raise $108 million.

May 6, 2016, 10:05 AM by Michael Croft

MIT Technology Review | A genetic therapy for "bubble boy" disease completes a 27-year journey.