Dec 16, 2013, 13:00 PM by Michael Croft

Computerworld | A new version of R to be released today will run with the Hadoop data processing platform.

Dec 13, 2013, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Lisbon welcomed attendees to the 2013 Clinical Genomics & Informatics event last week with blue skies, plenty of pasteis de nata, and excellent discourse in clinical exome sequencing, high-scale computing, RNA sequencing, and genome informatics.

Dec 12, 2013, 13:55 PM by Michael Croft

MIT News | Using the recently-developed Crispr system, researchers for the first time can perform genome-wide empirical studies of human cells, knocking down every known gene one by one.

Dec 12, 2013, 08:25 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | Appistry introduces a new tool to the Cancer Genome Analysis Suite, co-developed with the Broad Institute, which will mathematically filter out cross-contamination between tumor and normal samples.

Dec 12, 2013, 07:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | AllSeq offers what it believes is a unique solution to the challenges in the age of commoditized sequencing. In a transparent way, the company matches researchers with sequencing centers, but also strives to be a knowledge base for all things sequencing. CSO Shawn Baker explains.

Dec 11, 2013, 10:50 AM by Michael Croft

Dec 11, 2013, 08:40 AM by Michael Croft

Dec 10, 2013, 10:20 AM by Michael Croft

Business Wire | Foundation Medicine has released its second genetic cancer profiler for clinical use, this time targeting hematologic cancers and certain sarcomas.

Dec 9, 2013, 15:00 PM by Michael Croft

Computerworld | IBM is developing a software to let users switch between cloud services interchangeably. The software-- InterCloud Storage (ICStore)--is still in development, but customers are invited to test it.

Dec 9, 2013, 14:00 PM by Michael Croft

Business Standard | Strand Life Sciences and El Camino Hospital in San Francisco are joining to set up a center for genomics and personalized medicine.

Dec 9, 2013, 07:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Researchers around the world are trying to improve on our laboratory cancer models to better reflect the variable genetic makeup of cancer. In Part 2, we look at the sorry state of cancer cell lines – and a team at Sloan-Kettering who want to improve it.

Dec 6, 2013, 09:10 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | After two contentious weeks of FDA pressure, the last personal genetic testing company to offer health information has at last caved to the regulatory agency's directives, suspending sale of the health-related reports associated with its Personal Genome Service kits.

Dec 5, 2013, 15:15 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | Myriad Genetics has launched a new lawsuit over its ownership of genetic tests for BRCA mutations, this time against Laboratory Corporation of America.

Dec 5, 2013, 13:45 PM by Michael Croft

National Academies | Human gene transfer has become so routine in clinical trials that it should no longer merit additional NIH oversight, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

Dec 5, 2013, 11:10 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Researchers around the world are trying to improve on our laboratory cancer models to better reflect the variable genetic makeup of cancer. In Part 2, we look at the Mount Sinai Center for Personalized Cancer Therapeutics, where every patient enrolled gets their own line of personalized fruit flies - complete with their unique cancer genes.

Dec 4, 2013, 08:15 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Researchers around the world are trying to improve on our laboratory cancer models to better reflect the variable genetic makeup of cancer. In Part 1, we look at a Dutch team building a bank of living, miniature organ systems grown from real patients' tumors.

Dec 3, 2013, 13:10 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | In the wake of the FDA action halting 23andMe's marketing, a class suit has emerged claiming at least $5 million in damages on behalf of the company's customers.

Dec 3, 2013, 12:15 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | This year marks the first real-time use of the flu forecast model developed by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, which correctly predicted the seasonal influenza peak in 70% of the 108 cities for which forecasts were made.

Dec 3, 2013, 08:10 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Claritas Genomics has "a very clear vision to be… the world’s leading provider of next-generation pediatric diagnostics,” according to CEO Patrice Milos. Ten months after splitting off from Boston Children's Hospital, the company is ready to embrace that ambition.

Dec 1, 2013, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

NEEDHAM, MA - Cambridge Healthtech Institute's Insight Pharma Reports announces Digital PCR Technology Report: An Insight to Vendors, Costs & the End User Community.