• Nanopore Sequencing Inches Closer to Commercial Debut

    Nov 1, 2012, 11:55 AM by Michael Croft
    Physics Today | With Oxford Nanopore exhibiting at next week's American Society of Human Genetics conference, there is growing excitement about the prospects for nanopore sequencing technology, particularly given recent progress in controlling DNA’s motion in the pore. The signs are that this technology is indeed inching towards a commercial debut in the near future.
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  • Novartis to Build $500M Facility in Singapore

    Oct 31, 2012, 06:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Reuters | Novartis has announced a $500 million investment in Singapore in the form of a new manufacturing facility that will focus on drug substance manufacturing based on cell culture technology.
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  • Crowdsourced Meth Labs?

    Oct 31, 2012, 06:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Economist | Two guys are asking the internet for help funding a meth lab. Their project is one of many crowd-sourced research options out there.
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  • The Protein Treasure Hunt

    Oct 31, 2012, 05:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World | Dr Peter Hoffman’s research group is using mass spectrometry to create high-resolution images of proteins in archived tumour samples to help identify new diagnostic markers for cancer.
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  • The Tennessee Titan: Oak Ridge, Cray, NVIDIA Create New Open Science Supercomputer

    Oct 29, 2012, 06:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World | A new 20 petaflop supercomputer dubbed Titan is powering up at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee and ready to tackle some a host of scientific applications.
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  • Super Fast Computer Simulates the Heart

    Oct 26, 2012, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft
    HPCwire | The world's current fastest supercomputer--Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Sequoia--has created a simulation of the human heart.
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  • The Challenges of Pediatric Sequencing

    Oct 26, 2012, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Time | Advances in DNA sequencing present challenges for doctors. Pediactric sequencing can help sick babies, but it can also give doctors more information than they know what to do with.
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  • News and Briefs from Thomson Reuters, Broad, iNova

    Oct 26, 2012, 07:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World | News and product briefs from the life sciences. Thomson Reuters releases drug repositioning white paper; Broad  announces GenePattern v3.4; and iNova moves to Singapore.
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  • Researchers Replace Damaged DNA in Human Cell

    Oct 25, 2012, 11:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Bloomberg | Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have successfully replaced unhealthy DNA from one human egg with disease-free genetic material from another.
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  • Teradata Releases New Database Capabilities

    Oct 25, 2012, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft
    eWeek | Teradata, a provider of analytic data solutions, has announced new database capabilities that enable customers to deliver real-time agility. The new Teradata Database capabilities include workload management features, Teradata Data Lab with Smart Loader, Teradata Studio and Teradata Virtual Machine Edition.
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  • Mitochondrial DNA Study Reveals Ancient Diversity

    Oct 25, 2012, 07:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Sci-News.com | Researchers in New Zealand sequenced mitochondrial DNA of some of the country's earliest inhabitants, and discovered more genetic diversity than previously thought.
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  • Wisconsin Group to Develop $60 Million Partnership to Bring Sequencing to Patients

    Oct 24, 2012, 13:00 PM by Michael Croft
    Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel | Building on its pioneering use of DNA sequencing to diagnose and treat Nic Volker, the Medical College of Wisconsin is in talks to develop an ambitious $60 million public/private partnership aimed at bringing sequencing to more patients.
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  • Big Data Will Create Big Job Void

    Oct 24, 2012, 06:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Computerworld | Gartner says that big data is becoming an engine of job creation. By 2015, big data will create 4.4 million IT jobs globally, of which 1.9 million will be in the U.S.
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  • Clouds, Drugs and Big Data at Bio-IT Europe 2012

    Oct 23, 2012, 07:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World | VIENNA—Scientists shared some important advances in fields from big data and cloud computing to bioinformatics and clinical genomics in the beautiful surroundings of Vienna at the fourth annual Bio-IT World Europe conference earlier this month.
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  • Frezza on Election, Science Funding

    Oct 22, 2012, 14:00 PM by Michael Croft
    Mendels Pod | Bill Frezza, venture capitalist and Bio-IT World guest columnist (The Skeptical Outsider), talks to Mendels Pod about the two presidential candidates.
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  • Rienhoff IDs Genetic Source of Daughter's Illness

    Oct 22, 2012, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World Roundup | Hugh Rienhoff has found the gene responsible for his daughter's extremely rare condition. Bea Rienhoff's condition stumped doctors and led her father on his own quest in 2007. At an Open Science Summitt on Saturday, he said he found the point mutation responsible for her illness.
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  • Ancestry.com Acquired for $1.6 Billion

    Oct 22, 2012, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Wall Street Journal | Ancestry.com has been acquired by a European private equity firm for $1.6 billion. The buyer's goal--sources say--is expansion into Western Europe.
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  • ISO Ratifies Cloud Standards

    Oct 19, 2012, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Computerworld | The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has ratified the Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI), a set of protocols defining how companies can safely move data between private and public clouds.
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  • Can Private Jets For The Poor Save Health Care Dollars?

    Oct 19, 2012, 06:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World Guest Column | The Skeptical Outsider | Few perks of wealth are more widely demonized than the private jet. Yet these very symbols of power and luxury could save health care dollars by being placed at the disposal of the poor. In what alternate universe is this possible, you ask? In today’s Rube Goldberg U.S. health care market, where else?
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  • The Race for Martian DNA

    Oct 18, 2012, 10:00 AM by Michael Croft
    Technology Review | The race to Mars is on! J. Craig Venter and Jonathan Rothberg both have their sights set on sequencing DNA found on the red planet.
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