May 20, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

Xconomy | Under a collaboration announced today, San Diego-based Cypher Genomics said it would use its biomarker discovery service to help New Jersey's Celgene identify key genetic variants among patients who respond well to specific drugs.

May 19, 2015, 11:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Robert Gentleman’s goal is to “bring bioinformatics and computational drug discovery to complement the really strong genetics” already at 23andMe. He spoke with Bio-IT World about open science at a for-profit venture, the challenges of drug discovery, and what’s left to find via SNP chips.

May 19, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

Computerworld | Amazon Web Services is hoping better management tools will convince enterprises to move more applications to the cloud, but getting their internal management processes right is even more important than anything the vendor can offer.

May 19, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

Xconomy | One of gene therapy's major unanswered questions is just what it'll take to convince U.S. regulators to approve one of these treatments.

May 18, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - May 18, 2015 - The 2nd Annual Smart Data Summit will take place next week on 25-26 May at Sofitel Dubai The Palm Resort and Spa, Dubai, UAE

May 18, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

WILMINGON, MA, UNITED STATES - May 18, 2015 - Kapa Biosystems, Inc., today launched a new RNA library preparation product for next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflows that enables users to generate a more complete view of the transcriptome by detecting more low-abundance and unique transcripts

May 18, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, UNITED STATES - May 18, 2015 - Product Synopsis
 
This report presents the findings from a survey of 102 pharmaceutical companies regarding their Information and Communications Technology (ICT) budgets and staff allocation

May 18, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

MIT Technology Review | With new tools to isolate individual cells and profile their genetic signatures, researchers are undertaking a microscopic quest to find out what we're really made of.

May 15, 2015, 10:15 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | The Michael J. Fox Foundation, dedicated to driving basic research in Parkinson's disease, received a special Judges' Prize at this year's Bio-IT World Best Practices Awards for its work implementing the tranSMART platform for data sharing and analysis, including innovative programs like a patient registry and integration with studies of other neurodegenerative diseases.

May 14, 2015, 14:00 PM by Michael Croft

May 14, 2015, 10:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., has announced plans to sequence genes from 10,000 patients for genetic variants that could affect their responses to a variety of medications, as part of a study that will track the long-term health outcomes of patients who undergo pharmacogenetic testing.

May 14, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

Xconomy | With the Allen Cell Types Database, the Allen Institute for Brain Science aims to catalog and classify the types of neurons that fill the brain.

May 14, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

Forbes | Three former top researchers at Genentech, the legendary biotech that is now part of Roche Holding, have raised $217 million in venture capital to start a new company, Denali Therapeutics, focused on treating and curing neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, ALS, and Parkinson's.

May 13, 2015, 10:25 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | To understand how neural circuits give rise to complex mental phenomena, neuroscientists need detailed maps of brain cells in their natural environment. With an online game called EyeWire, one group of researchers is enlisting thousands of ordinary people to do what the best artificial intelligence cannot: turn huge numbers of electron microscope images of the retina into accurate, three-dimensional models of neurons as they appear in living tissue.

May 12, 2015, 14:00 PM by Michael Croft

May 12, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

BASEL, SWITZERLAND - May 12, 2015 - Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced that the Genedata Screener® platform supports data- and result-sharing with Contract Research Organizations (CROs)

May 11, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

New York Times | The biochemist at the University of California, Berkeley, helped make a monumental discovery: a relatively simple way to alter any organism's DNA. But she is stuck in a patent fight over it.

May 7, 2015, 11:00 AM by Michael Croft

May 6, 2015, 09:00 AM by Michael Croft

May 6, 2015, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

MIT Technology Review | Apple is collaborating with U.S. researchers to launch apps that would offer some iPhone owners the chance to get their DNA tested, many of them for the first time, according to people familiar with the plans. The apps are based on ResearchKit.