Feb 18, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

REDWOOD CITY, CA - GenapSys Inc. unveiled the GENIUS 110™ Next Generation DNA Sequencing System at the AGBT (Advances in Genome Biology & Technology) sequencing technology conclave held on Marco Island, FL.  Dr. Hesaam Esfandyarpour, founder and ceo, presented the revolutionary GENIUS DNA sequencer with a footprint no bigger than an Apple® iPad® and that promises to make DNA sequencing widely available to individual researchers and diagnostic laboratories for the first time.

Feb 17, 2014, 14:00 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | The 21^st annual Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference in San Francisco featured some intense scrutiny of one area where genetic knowledge is ready to make an impact today: better defining the best patient populations for treatment during clinical trials.

Feb 17, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

EXETER, NH - eClipse Enterprise Solutions becomes ISO9001: 2008 certified

Feb 13, 2014, 09:00 AM by Michael Croft

Xconomy | Illumina is creating a genomics-focused accelerator at its Mission Bay R&D facility under construction in San Francisco.

Feb 13, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

LONDON, UK - Titian Software (www.titian.co.uk) completes a highly successful 2013 with the announcement that its Mosaic sample management software has been installed at four major Contract Research Organisation (CRO) sites in China.

Feb 13, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

PHOENIX, AZ - Dr. Von Hoff is honored for advancing FDA approved treatment benefiting pancreatic cancer patients  

Feb 12, 2014, 10:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | GenomOncology has announced several collaborations and partnerships surrounding its step-by-step workflow that takes raw data from the sequencer and translates the molecular profile of each patient’s tumor genome into an actionable clinical report. Recent partnerships include Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, and CompanionDx.

Feb 12, 2014, 07:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | QuantuMDx is taking their handheld molecular diagnostic tool to the masses, and hoping to raise $50,000 in an Indiegogo campaign starting today. The money will support a malaria clinical trial in Africa. 

Feb 12, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

BOSTON, MA - Terascala, the fast data company, today announced that its Intelligent Storage Bridge (ISB), a high performance, scalable data mover, is an ideal solution for companies looking to optimize the daily movement of high performance computing (HPC) data in a variety of industries.

Feb 11, 2014, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft

Computerworld | Amazon Web Services is now hosting R and offering it to users to run on AWS using the commercial package of R--Revolution R Enterprise 7.

Feb 11, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

WESTLAKE, OH  - GenomOncology today announced a collaboration with Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) to develop an informatics solution that enables the association of Next Generation Sequencing results with knowledge resources to define actionable mutations.

Feb 11, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

CHAPEL HILL, NC - Leading researchers in data science and genomics are recommending strategies to help genomic scientists better manage, share, analyze and archive massive research and clinical data sets in an effort to ensure that the big data explosion results in better health outcomes and faster research discoveries.

Feb 11, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

PHOENIX, AZ - The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) has uncovered possible genetic origins of breast cancer that spreads to the brain, according to a first-of-its-kind study published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.

Feb 11, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

PARIS, FRANCE - Sinequa, European leader of real-time Big Data Search & Analytics software, announces excellent results for 2013.

Feb 11, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

WILMINGTON, MA and MARCO ISLAND, FL - Kapa Biosystems, Inc., a leading supplier of reagents for the life science market, today announced the launch of products that improve performance and workflows for genomic research.

Feb 10, 2014, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Bina Technologies has announced an expanded Scientific Advisory Board including three new clinical genomicists and a bioinformatician. The additions herald an increased interest in clinical genomics space.

Feb 10, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

WESTLAKE, OH - GenomOncology and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) today announced a partnership for the exclusive commercial development of a decision support tool based on My Cancer Genome™, an online precision cancer medicine knowledge resource for physicians, patients, caregivers and researchers.

Feb 10, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

LONDON, UK - ACI's inaugural Smart Trials conference will explore novel approaches to clinical trial design and address the associated operational challenges.

Feb 7, 2014, 09:45 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | A new study of the Cas9 protein, used in both natural and artificial CRISPR gene editing complexes, reveals its crystal structure and new information on its partnership with gRNA to target specific DNA sequences for cleaving.

Feb 7, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Indigo Biosystems (Indigo), a laboratory automation and innovation company, has released the latest version of their flagship software, ASCENT. This software release comes shortly after the company's switch from providing enterp