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Igneous Brings Structure To Unstructured Data With As-A-Service Solution
Bio-IT World | Igneous is offering its cloud-native solution to data-centric organizations in order to both monitor large amounts of data and prevent silos within the clinical research space.
Jan 9, 2019
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Eli Lilly Makes An $8B Cancer Genetics Bet With Loxo Acquisition
Xconomy | Eli Lilly is set to acquire Loxo Oncology for approximately $8 billion---a deal that brings to the Indianapolis pharmaceutical giant a class of drugs that treat cancers with particular genetic signatures.
Jan 7, 2019
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10x Genomics Announces $35m Funding
Bio-IT World News Brief | On day one of the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, 10x Genomics announces $35 million in funding as an extension of its Series D financing.
Jan 7, 2019
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Will Acquire Celgene In Blockbuster $74B Deal
STAT | The transaction between biopharma giants joins two of the largest companies in oncology, both of which have been facing setbacks.
Jan 3, 2019
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Top 10 Stories Of 2018: Data Science, Five Use Cases For AI And Machine Learning, And More
Bio-IT World | As we head into 2019, we at Bio-IT World would like to take a moment and reflect on the groundbreaking achievements from this past year. In that spirit, here are the top 10 stories of 2018.
Jan 2, 2019
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Poll Americans Support Gene-Editing Embryos To Prevent Diseases
STAT | Most Americans say it would be OK to use gene-editing technology to create babies protected against a variety of diseases - but a new poll shows they'd draw the line at changing DNA so children are born smarter, faster or taller.
Dec 28, 2018
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AI In The Clinic: What AI Will Look Like For Healthcare
Bio-IT World | Artificial Intelligence will have as transformational an impact as the internet did, predicts Jay Bellissimo, managing partner at IBM services. Every company needs an AI strategy, he says, and it is not a problem only for IT. Data creates insight, and insight creates knowledge. Mining the 80% of the data that’s not searchable via the internet is your company’s data advantage.
Dec 21, 2018
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PetaGene Announces $2.1M To Further Genomic Compression
Bio-IT World News Brief PetaGene, a two-time winner of Bio-IT World’s Best of Show award for product excellence, has announced $2.1 million in new funding.
Dec 20, 2018
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Biogen, DDN, Qlucore, And More: News From December 2018
Bio-IT World | November featured exciting new, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including Biogen, DDN, Qlucore, and more.
Dec 19, 2018
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Oak Ridge Tackles Opioids With Assistance From World’s Fastest Supercomputer
Bio-IT World | The US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is tackling the opioid crisis by using the world’s fastest supercomputer. With the help of IBM’s recently launched Summit supercomputer, the Oak Ridge team was able to analyze 85 million genetic markers and understand complex, epistatic genetic architectures responsible for challenging traits in phenotype.
Dec 14, 2018
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Allen Institute Announces New Division Dedicated To Studying Human Immune System
Bio-IT World | The Allen Institute announced a new division, the Allen Institute for Immunology, which will be dedicated to studying the human immune system.
Dec 13, 2018
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Pharma’s AI Future
Bio-IT World | The recent AI World Conference & Expo made one thing clear: now is the time for pharma to embrace AI and start realizing some of the benefits other industries are enjoying.
Dec 12, 2018
