• BioIVT Announces the Launch of its Next-generation Sequencing Service

    Bio-IT World News Brief | BioIVT today launched its Next-generation Sequencing (NGS) Service, which combines the company’s expertise in human tissue procurement, specimen selection, sample preparation and project management with its in-house NGS capabilities.

    Dec 16, 2019

  • Identifying Opportunities At The Interface Of Life Sciences And Tech

    Bio-IT World | Geraldine A. Van der Auwera calls herself a benevolent dictator. She boasts the pedigree of pre-doctoral and postdoctoral years in microbiology labs, and then a shift into computation. Now, as Director of Outreach and Communications, Data Sciences Platform, at the Broad Institute, she works with all camps—scientists, biomedical researchers, data scientists, technologists.

    Dec 16, 2019

  • An AI-Based Evolution of Clinical Communities

    Bio-IT World | AI can bring efficacious, precise, and effective diagnostics and therapeutics faster to the patient, and in the future, more efficient operations could save money, freeing up capital to invest in innovation.

    Dec 13, 2019

  • Has Validation In An Agile Software Development Environment Come Of Age?

    Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Today it is accepted that agile software development can work well within a formal project and most software vendors supplying the pharmaceutical industry have an agile aspect to their Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

    Dec 12, 2019

  • Precision Medicine: Setting a Strong Foundation to Accelerate Progress

    Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Precision medicine depends on data—more specifically, on our ability to analyze and act on it from the bench to the bedside and back again. And, we’ve long understood that our ability to direct data—both structured and unstructured—when and where it’s most needed is foundational to advancing and unlocking the promise of precision medicine.

    Dec 11, 2019

  • Clockwork: Scientists Tinker with the Inner Workings of Circadian Rhythm

    Bio-IT World | The human clock is increasingly being thrown off-kilter by our modern lifestyles—TVs in bedrooms, electronic books in bed, smartphones sitting on nightstands. These types of technologies, and other disruptors like jet lag or third shift work, can wreak havoc on our bodily rhythm and, along with it, bodily processes. Circadian dysfunction has been linked to a higher risk of health issues like obesity, diabetes, and certain forms of cancer. Enter circadian rhythm research.

    Dec 9, 2019