Jun 30, 2014, 12:15 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | The human reference genome has served geneticists well since the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003. But with new sequencing technologies and a unique cell line, a team attached to the Genome Reference Consortium is tinkering with a new "platinum genome" based on a single haploid sample, a reference that could better represent structural variants and the range of human haplotypes.

Jun 30, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

WARSAW, POLAND - Jun 30, 2014 - Warsaw – 30 June 2014 – KCR, European Contract Research Organization, announces today that its International Conference on Harmonization Good Clinical Practice (ICH GCP) Investigator Site Personnel Training has been recognized by TransCelerate BioPharma Inc

Jun 27, 2014, 11:25 AM by Michael Croft

Jun 26, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

BOSTON, MA - Jun 26, 2014 -
Boston Children's Hospital will host its second annual pediatric innovation summit October 30-31, 2014 at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston

Jun 25, 2014, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft

Jun 25, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

PORTLAND, OR, UNITED STATES - Jun 25, 2014 - Synthetic Biology Market is Expected to Reach $38.7 Billion, Globally, by 2020 - Allied Market ResearchAccording to a new report by Allied Market Research, titled "Global Synthetic Biology Market (Products, Technologies, Applications and Geography) - Global  Opportunity Analysis and Forecast - 2013  - 2020", the global synthetic biology market is forecast to reach $38

Jun 24, 2014, 07:27 AM by Michael Croft

CAMBRIDGE, MA - Jun 23, 2014 - NextCODE helps ANZAC Research Institute bring whole-genome sequencing into clinical care. ANZAC Research Institute uses NextCODE's diagnostics and discovery solutions to mine entire genomes for novel mutations in X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome

Jun 24, 2014, 07:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | In another look at the Hi-C process for sorting out disparate bits of DNA, Jonathan Eisen’s lab at UC Davis tweaks the Markov Cluster Algorithm to take on metagenomics. The results need further attention, but could be extremely useful for joining plasmids and chromosomes from the same species.

Jun 24, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

, UK - Jun 24, 2014 - Packaging Coordinators Inc. (PCI) is pleased to welcome Robbie Stewart to its European business development team

Jun 23, 2014, 13:00 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | The ANZAC Research Institute in Sydney, Australia, has used NextCODE Health's Clinical Sequence Analyzer and Sequence Miner tools to ID novel sequence variants behind X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome (CMTX).

Jun 20, 2014, 12:45 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Today, 23andMe's new chief legal and regulatory officer, Kathy Hibbs, announced that the company has submitted a 510(k) to the FDA, seeking approval to tell customers whether they carry mutations for the rare disease Bloom syndrome. The move signals a cooperative, incremental approach to restoring the 23andMe health reports that the FDA shut down last November.

Jun 19, 2014, 10:05 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | At the annual Pacific Biosciences user group meeting in Baltimore, geneticists and bioinformaticians gathered this week to discuss how long-read sequencing is opening up previously intractable problems. Rapid de novo assembly of whole genomes was a major topic of conversation, while users unveiled new computational tools that greatly speed up long-read assemblies, and PacBio announced plans for updated chemistry and high-throughput HLA typing.

Jun 19, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

LINCOLN, NE - Jun 19, 2014 - TELCOR's QML version 2.3 point of care software solution has achieved ONC HIT 2014 Edition Modular Inpatient and Modular Ambulatory EHR Certification, which designates that the software is capable of supporting eligible providers and hospitals with meeting the Stage 1 and Stage 2 Meaningful Use measures required to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

Jun 19, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

SAN DIEGO, CA, US - Jun 19, 2014 - At the Drug Information Association’s (DIA) 50th Annual Meeting, Veeva Systems released the results of the Veeva 2014 Paperless TMF Survey: An Industry Benchmark, the largest TMF survey to date

Jun 19, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

BOSTON, MA - Jun 19, 2014 - Today, Linguamatics launches I2E Semantic Enrichment to provide increased return on investment in enterprise search systems and radically improve speed to insight

Jun 18, 2014, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft

Alabama.com | The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine are expanding and formalizing their relationship as the UAB-HudsonAlpha Center for Genomic Medicine

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

SAN MATEO, CA - Jun 18, 2014 - MAVERIX ADDS SIGNIFICANT ENHANCEMENTS TOGENOMIC ANALYSIS PLATFORMFOR RNA-SEQ RESEARCHEnhanced design allows comparison of side-by-side resultsfrom HTSeq/DESeq and CufflinksMaverix Biomics Inc

Jun 17, 2014, 10:00 AM by Michael Croft

San Diego Union-Tribune | The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla and the University of Southern California are reportedly considering a merger or acquisition, under which Scripps would be acquired by USC.

Jun 16, 2014, 09:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World Brief | Ten days after Pathway Genomics announced its new BRCATrue test and its plan to donate $10 million worth of tests in its one for one program, Myriad Genetics filed a patent infringement suit against the company. While calling the suit "unwarranted", Jim Plante, Pathway Genomics' founder and CEO, also acknowledged that the lawsuit was "not unexpected."

Jun 13, 2014, 11:20 AM by Michael Croft

Forbes | Matthew Herper examines the market for generic biotech therapies, which have sometimes been seen as more resistant to generic competition than chemically manufactured drugs.