• PARTAGE Method Reveals Genome Regulation in Single Approach

    Bio-IT World | Researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School propose PARTAGE, a multiomics approach that allows researchers to measure replication timing, changes in copy number, and gene activity from the same DNA sample.

    Apr 14, 2026

  • CAS Releases Agentic Tool for Literature Discovery

    Bio-IT World | CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, has launched CAS Newton, science-smart agentic AI built specifically for scientific discovery. CAS Newton is grounded in published scientific knowledge curated by CAS scientists, drawing on more than 150 years of literature within the CAS Content Collection across chemistry, biology, materials science, and intellectual property to ensure accuracy and scientific rigor.

    Apr 10, 2026

  • 'Mini-brain' Model Explores Concussion's Effects at Cellular Level

    Bio-IT World | A biomedical engineering professor at the University of Cincinnati is using studying how cells in the brain are affected by concussive forces—and how this trauma can lead to neurodegenerative diseases.

    Apr 9, 2026

  • ‘Humble’ AI Reveals When It is Uncertain in Diagnoses

    Bio-IT World | Artificial intelligence models have assisted doctors with several clinical tasks, and they hold great promise in helping with patient diagnosis and personalized treatment options. However, an MIT-led team of researchers cautions that AI systems, as they are currently designed, may influence doctors toward the wrong path due to overconfidence. According to the researchers, a “humble” AI is needed.

    Apr 7, 2026

  • Inductive Bio on a Winning Streak With ADMET Predictions

    Bio-IT World | Following on the heels of a similar victory in 2025, Inductive Bio earlier this year took home gold in an all-comers prediction competition focused on the properties of chemical compounds critical to drug development. In the latest OpenADMET-ExpansionRx blind challenge, Inductive Bio placed first among more than 370 submissions in what has become the “Olympics of ADMET prediction."

    Apr 2, 2026