Oct 8, 2012, 09:00 AM by Michael Croft

Oct 8, 2012, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft

eWeek | Health IT company NantHealth has introduced a supercomputing platform that it says can reduce the time required to analyze genomic data of a cancer patient from eight weeks to 47 seconds.

Oct 8, 2012, 07:00 AM by Michael Croft

eWeek | The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has announced a five-year, $100 million investment in data warehousing and analytic tools incorporating IT infrastructure from dbMotion, IBM, Informatica, and Oracle.

Oct 8, 2012, 05:00 AM by Michael Croft

Computerworld | Graduate schools are recognizing the need for big-data degrees, and several have launched Master's programs in science or business analytics designed to train students to manage and process massive datasets.

Oct 5, 2012, 15:00 PM by Michael Croft

AZ Central | The Translational Genomics Research Institute is launching the TGen Center for Rare Childhood Disorders to use sequencing technology to identify rare diseases.

Oct 5, 2012, 08:05 AM by Michael Croft

Singularity HUB | A collaborative study investigated the genomes 825 breast cancer patients at different stages of disease.

Oct 5, 2012, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft

Reason.com | Ronald Bailey reports from the 4th Annual Consumer Genetics Conference. Among the highlights: GenePeeks, the Coriell Institute for Medical Research, the New York Genome Center, Life Technologies, Complete Genomics,GnuBio, and much more.

Oct 5, 2012, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft

Computerworld | EMC has named a new Chief Technology Officer. John Roese will play a key role in shaping EMC's big data and cloud strategy.

Oct 5, 2012, 08:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | PHILADELPHIA—BGI is leading a widespread call in the genomics research community for collaborations to extract medically useful information. At the inaugural International Conference on Genomics in the Americas (ICGA)*, held last week, BGI and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) cohosted an exciting event with a host of dynamic presentations.

Oct 4, 2012, 15:05 PM by Michael Croft

Yahoo Finance | GnuBio has secured $10 million in additional funding. The company plans to use the money to commercialize its desktop DNA sequencing platform and hire additional staff in product development, molecular biology, informatics and software engineering.

Oct 4, 2012, 10:00 AM by Michael Croft

Oct 4, 2012, 07:00 AM by Michael Croft

Oct 3, 2012, 15:35 PM by Michael Croft

LA Times | Patrick Soon-Shiong, former UCLA surgeon and drug-company exec, has reached an agreement with Blue Shield of California to create a "continuous learning center" to work on spreading personalized medicine and best practices to more health care providers.

Oct 3, 2012, 14:40 PM by Michael Croft

Businessweek | Sarepta Therapeutics announced ground breaking clinical trial results today, when their drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy helped patients walk nearly 300 feet farther than patients on placebo, and restored a key protein lacking in some patients.

Oct 3, 2012, 13:00 PM by Michael Croft

Oct 3, 2012, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft

eWeek | Big data can mean big traffic jams and throughput is increasingly becoming a concern for data centers. According to a recent survey, the biggest bottleneck is network I/O.

Oct 3, 2012, 11:05 AM by Michael Croft

ReadWriteWeb | The Cloud may need to reinvent itself. A recent national survey by Wakefield Research, commissioned by Citrix, showed that most Americans don't connect the term "cloud" with computer networks.

Oct 2, 2012, 14:00 PM by Michael Croft

In the Pipeline | Derek Lowe looks at Andrew Lo's new funding model for biotech. Lo proposes raising $30 billion for oncology drug discovery as an investment.

Oct 2, 2012, 09:00 AM by Michael Croft

Oct 1, 2012, 11:00 AM by Michael Croft