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PREMIER Biosoft announces the release of SimGlycan® Enterprise Edition 5.0 to support automated mass spectrometry glycan quantitation analysis using Thermo Scientific™ aminoxyTMT™ Reagents
Jun 11, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael CroftPALO ALTO, CA - Jun 11, 2014 - Palo Alto, California –: PREMIER Biosoft, a next generation leader in bioinformatics, today announced the release of Enterprise Edition of SimGlycan® vFull story -
Advanced Data Systems' MedicsDocAssistant EHR Receives Quest Diagnostics Quality Solutions Certification
Jun 11, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael CroftPARAMUS, NJ - Jun 11, 2014 - Advanced Data Systems (ADS) announced today that MedicsDocAssistant v. 7.0 is certified as a Silver Quality Solution by Quest Diagnostics under Quest’s Health IT Quality Solutions™ Program (the “Program”)Full story -
CLINICAL RESEARCH APP GAINS INTERNATIONAL APPROVALS
Jun 11, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael CroftWASHINGTON, DC - Jun 11, 2014 - mProve Healths Trial Guide app takes off across numerous studies and is localized for more than 30 countriesFull story -
Autism Speaks Lands Google Partnership for Whole Genome Storage
Jun 10, 2014, 11:40 AM by Michael CroftBio-IT World News Brief | Today, Autism Speaks announced that Google has agreed to host the database of the AUT10K program, which plans to house 10,000 whole genomes of individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families, alongside detailed clinical information.Full story -
A Primer on the Early Development of the Human Microbiome
Jun 10, 2014, 10:20 AM by Michael CroftBio-IT World News Brief | This month, a review article appeared in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology that follows the typical growth of microbial communities living in and on humans over the first three years of life.Full story -
BioFortis Inc. and Rx-360 Consortium announce release of on-line pharmaceutical supplier audit tool for the Rx-360 Consortium
Jun 10, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael CroftCOLUMBIA, MD, UNITED STATES - Jun 10, 2014 - BioFortis Inc., a leading software supplier to the pharmaceutical industry and the Rx-360 Consortium, an international pharmaceutical supply chain consortium, today released the Rx-360 Audit Sharing DatabaseFull story -
Rho SVP R&D Serving on Panel, Presenting during DIA 50th Annual Meeting in San Diego
Jun 10, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael CroftCHAPEL HILL, NC, UNITED STATES - Jun 10, 2014 - Rho SVP R&D Serving on Panel, Presenting duringDIA 50th Annual Meeting in San Diego WHAT: Rho, a full-service contract research organization (CRO), is showcasing its 30-year history of success in drug development strategies and services at the 2014 Drug Information Association (DIA) 50th Annual "Celebrate the Past - Invent the Future," Meeting, June 15-19 in San DiegoFull story -
New Method Aims to Sequence the Genomes of the Most Elusive Microbes
Jun 9, 2014, 08:25 AM by Michael CroftBio-IT World | A new twist on the popular Hi-C sequencing technique, pioneered at the University of Washington, may allow scientists to tease out the whole genomes of undiscovered microorganisms — even if they can't be separated from the other microbes they live with.Full story -
PerkinElmer Partners withSofie Biosciences to Deliver Benchtop PET In Vivo Imaging Systems to Preclinical Research Professionals
Jun 6, 2014, 17:00 PM by Michael CroftFull storyWALTHAM, MA, UNITED STATES - June 6, 2014 - Preclinical PET Imaging Instrumentsin Benchtop Format Help SupportHigh Performance Disease Research,Drug Discovery and Clinical Translational Applications
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Who Owns Genetic Data: It's Not Clear Cut
Jun 6, 2014, 11:00 AM by Michael CroftTechonomy | You own your data. It's a repeated refrain as we navigate the new world of sequencing. But is it true? Meredith Salisbury argues probably not...right now anyway.Full story -
SAP Pushing Hana, Cloud
Jun 5, 2014, 10:00 AM by Michael CroftBio-IT World Roundup | SAP is continuing to press forward with its Hana in-memory computing platform and Enterprise Cloud hosting service, including several life sciences deployments.Full story -
DREAM Project Crowdsources Cell Line Sensitivity
Jun 5, 2014, 10:00 AM by Michael CroftColorado Cancer Blog | The DREAM Project published the results of their cancer cell line drug sensitivity challenge in the June 1 issue of Nature Biotechnology.Full story -
MolecularHealth Collaborates with SAP to Offer Innovative Employer Oncology Program
Jun 5, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael CroftTHE WOODLANDS, TX, UNITED STATES - Jun 5, 2014 - MolecularHealth announced today the official launch of MolecularHealth™ COPE (Corporate Oncology Program for Employers), powered by its cancer treatment decision support offering, TreatmentMAP™Full story -
An Online Community for the World's Whole Genome Owners
Jun 4, 2014, 12:35 PM by Michael CroftBio-IT World | With the Empowered Genome Community, QIAGEN hopes to connect researchers to whole genome donors for massive genetic health studies, using the popular Ingenuity Variant Analysis platform as a gateway.Full story -
State of Immunotherapy 2014: Definiens Predicts the Top Four Trends That Will Shape the Future of Immunotherapy in Cancer Care
Jun 4, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael CroftMUNICH, GERMANY - Jun 4, 2014 - Definiens, the global leader in Tissue Phenomics™ for discovery and diagnostics development in oncology, today released its predictions on the four trends that will shape the future of oncology immunotherapy in 2014Full story -
Pathway Genomics to Donate BRCATrue Tests to Women in Need
Jun 3, 2014, 07:25 AM by Michael CroftClinical Informatics News | Pathway Genomics has launched its BRCATrue test for BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 and its BRCA One for One program, hoping to offer the industry’s best BRCA genetic test and make it accessible to a wide range of women.Full story -
Sage Bionetworks and the Thriving Ecosystem of Challenge-Based Discovery
Jun 2, 2014, 07:35 AM by Michael CroftBio-IT World | Under the leadership of Stephen Friend, Sage Bionetworks is partnering with the DREAM initiative to foster a growing web of scientific challenges, intended to spur progress on fundamental problems by merging efforts and offering powerful incentives.Full story -
Roche Back in Sequencing Game with $350M Genia Acquisition
Jun 2, 2014, 07:25 AM by Michael CroftBio-IT World | Roche acquired Genia Technologies today, in an acquisition intended to strengthen Roche's NGS pipeline, and offer upgrade and migration path for 454 technology.Full story -
Gamma Medica's LumaGEM Molecular Breast Imaging Solution Honored as Finalist in the Medical Design Excellence Award - Sunrise Labs, Inc. cited for its role in product development
Jun 2, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael CroftAUBURN, NH, US - Jun 2, 2014 - Sunrise Labs is pleased to announce that their client, Gamma Medica’s LumaGEM Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI) Solution has been selected as a finalist in the Radiological and Electromechanical Devices Category of the 17th Annual Medical Design Excellence Awards competitionFull story -
TWO ARRAY-INVENTED MEK INHIBITORS SHOWCASED AT ASCO
Jun 2, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael CroftBOULDER, CO, UNITED STATES - Jun 2, 2014 - Two Array BioPharma-invented MEK inhibitors, binimetinib (MEK162) and selumetinib, were showcased at the 50th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)Full story