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Pacific Biosciences Releases Highest-Quality, Most Contiguous Individual Human Genome Assembly To Date
Bio-IT World News Brief | Pacific Biosciences announced it has produced the most contiguous diploid human genome assembly of a single individual to date, representing the nearly complete DNA sequence from all 46 chromosomes inherited from both parents.
Oct 9, 2018
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GA4GH Holds Annual Event, Reports On Driver Projects
Bio-IT World | The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health held its annual event this week, presenting the first set of deliverables developed under GA4GH Connect, the group’s 5-year strategic plan to enable real-world genomic data sharing by 2022, and opening the call for new GA4GH Driver projects.
Oct 5, 2018
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Researchably’s New AI Solution Uses NLP To Sift Through Research
Bio-IT World | Researchably, a startup in the UC Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator program, announced their natural language processing AI solution, which has the capability to read and review scientific articles, and determine to which departments they are most relevant faster, making far fewer errors than expert readers.
Oct 4, 2018
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Vyasa Partners With Markley To Drive Deep Learning Innovation
Bio-IT World News Brief | Vyasa announces that it has selected Markley to house its GPU-based compute infrastructure.
Oct 3, 2018
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How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Pharma And What’s Next
Bio-IT World | Artificial intelligence and machine learning may still be decades away from their biggest impacts, but the technologies are already changing pharma and biotech.
Oct 3, 2018
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The DNA Data Storage Machine That’s The Size Of A School Bus
MIT Technology Review | A startup's concept drawing of a hulking device to archive data in DNA molecules shows the idea has a way to go.
Oct 2, 2018
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Breakthrough Leukemia Treatment Backfires In A Rare Case
The New York Times | A highly unusual death has exposed a weak spot in a groundbreaking cancer treatment: One rogue cell, genetically altered by the therapy, can spiral out of control in a patient and cause a fatal relapse.
Oct 1, 2018
