• NicheNet: New Tool For Decoding Intercellular Communication

    Bio-IT World | A new bioinformatics method couples Google’s most famous search result ranking algorithm with a parameter optimization technique powered by machine learning to give researchers a better picture of intercellular communication—including the effects of extracellular signals (called ligands) on the gene expression of other cells. 

    Feb 14, 2020

  • AbbVie’s Fresh Look At How AI And Quantum Computing Will Transform Biotech

    Bio-IT World | AbbVie's head of artificial intelligence and senior principal data scientist within the R&D Information Research group argues our innovations must produce value, operational first, then analytic, and finally experiential.

    Feb 11, 2020

  • Scaling Precision Oncology

    Bio-IT World | Kenna Mills-Shaw believes that precision oncology is neither an illusion nor a panacea. But while there have been some dramatic wins for specific, molecularly-defined tumors, scaling precision oncology will require a highly integrated decision support platform.

    Feb 7, 2020

  • Nature Begins Publishing Peer Reviews

    Bio-IT World | Nature Research announced yesterday that its flagship publication, Nature, will join others in the family in publishing peer review correspondence.

    Feb 6, 2020

  • How Wearables Will Help Us Keep Tabs On The Future Of Health

    Bio-IT World | In 2012, Michael Snyder created an integrative personal omics profile, an analysis that combines genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic, and autoantibody profiles from a single individual. Today, Snyder is incorporating data from smart watches, continuous glucose monitoring, and other wearables to track people’s health and find early signs of disease.

    Feb 6, 2020

  • Data Storage and Transport: Headaches and Possible Remedies

    Bio-IT World | As organizations generate ever-growing amounts of data, finding ways to overcome the related difficulties of storing, moving, and managing that flood of information remains a central issue.

    Feb 5, 2020