Jul 8, 2013, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft

SFARI | Several clinics--both academic and companies--are routinely doing exome sequencing for less than $10,000. Last week Partners Healthcare announced whole-genome sequencing for $9,000 each

Jul 8, 2013, 10:00 AM by Michael Croft

The Guardian | An IVF clinic in New Jersey that has been using Ion Torrent sequencing to screen embryos for genetic abnormalities has announce the first birth following the screening process.

Jul 8, 2013, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft

Guardian | The health secretary of the UK announced the launch of Genomics England last week. The new government organization will "oversee the creation of a genomic revolution in healthcare."

Jul 8, 2013, 07:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | The challenges associated with CPT codes and new genomic diagnostics are well known to researchers, and the American Medical Association and McKesson say they are taking steps to simplify the process. Earlier this year, the American Medical Association and McKesson launched an agreement they hope will “bring transparency and clarity” to the CPT challenges: they are taking a series of McKesson codes—Z-Code Identifiers—and mapping the Z-Codes to existing CPT codes.

Jul 2, 2013, 11:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World Brief | AstraZeneca has licensed Optibrium’s StarDrop software globally for its researchers. The license covers StarDrop and the ADME-QSAR and Auto-Modeller modules.

Jul 1, 2013, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft

Forbes | Over the weekend, Onyx Pharmaceuticals stirred up speculation over a buyout. Amgen reportedly offered $120/share, and Onyx responded by issuing a call for other suitors.

Jul 1, 2013, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft

All Things D | CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics and the lab that invented the internet 20 years ago, is venturing into the Cloud. The lab has chosen Rackspace to build a hybrid cloud environment.

Jul 1, 2013, 06:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Galaxy, the well-loved open source tool for data-intensive biomedical research, is getting some new gear. At the Galaxy User Group meeting in Oslo, Norway, BioTeam announced a new hardware appliance specifically for Galaxy:  the SlipStream Appliance: Galaxy Edition. According to the agreement with the Galaxy Project, for the next two years BioTeam will be the exclusive appliance vendor for Galaxy.

Jun 27, 2013, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft

CMS Wire | EMC has acquired Sitrof Technologies, a document management consultancy, to meet demand for EMC's Information Intelligence Group's new Life Sciences solutions.

Jun 27, 2013, 11:00 AM by Michael Croft

Chemical & Engineering News | In a "found DNA" project, Heather Dewey-Hagborg is sequencing the DNA she finds around her--fallen strands of hair, discarded chewing gum--and using it to create images, and then sculptures of the owners' faces.

Jun 26, 2013, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft

NASDAQ | Jonathan Rothberg has resigned from Life Technologies, amid Life's attempted $13.6 billion merger with Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Jun 26, 2013, 10:00 AM by Michael Croft

Nature News | Hugh Rienhoff's quest seems to be ending. For the past ten years, Rienhoff has been scouring the genome of his daughter, Bea. He's had candidates before, but now he's identified a mutation that isn't connected to any other disease and appears to cause Bea's symptoms.

Jun 26, 2013, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft

Slate | In the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling on gene patents, patients are banding together to share the data that Myriad Genetics has collected over the years.

Jun 25, 2013, 10:00 AM by Michael Croft

InformationWeek | In a bid for the CIA's Cloud business, Amazon wins--but not with the lowest price. IBM's bid came in lower than Amazon, but the CIA still chose AWS.

Jun 24, 2013, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft

Computerworld | Oracle's Larry Ellison is a step ahead of the game. Oracle hasn't released it's 12c database yet, but speaking on a quarterly earnings call last week, Ellison plugged database 12.1c as the most direct competitor to SAP's HANA in-memory platform

Jun 21, 2013, 09:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | News briefs and products from around the industry, including a clinical testing agreement in China, donated ALS data, an NGS developer program, a new high performance storage solution, and more.

Jun 20, 2013, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft

Computerworld | CIOs of big companies were bemoaning the cloud's lack of flexibility at the GigsOm Structure conference yesterday.

Jun 20, 2013, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World Roundup | Earlier this week, a Forbes commentary by John Osborn outlined what the Obama administration "really thinks" about the biopharmaceutical industry. It's not flattering.

Jun 20, 2013, 07:00 AM by Michael Croft

UT San Diego | The debate about the cost of sequencing rises again. PeerJ, a new journal, made a marketing statement mentioning a $99 genome. The comment set off Mick Watson, a genomicist, bioinformatician, and blogger.

Jun 19, 2013, 11:50 AM by Michael Croft

The Guardian | Many in the US applauded the Supreme Court's decision to rule against Myriad and gene patents. But internationally, pundits call the decision "confusing".