• Next-Generation Knowledgebases Are Required For Interpreting Data In Precision Oncology

    Bio-IT World | While precision medicine has undeniably had an enormous impact on oncology and the understanding and treatment of cancer patients has improved, data interpretation still remains a significant bottleneck. To address this, The Jackson Laboratory built a Clinical Knowledgebase to provide evidence-based information to clinicians, researchers, and ultimately patients.

    Sep 10, 2018

  • Building A SEAL Team Of Data Science Experience

    Bio-IT World | At the 2018 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, we dedicated a plenary session to a panel discussion on data science. Wanting to offer the conversation to our community, we asked John Reynders about his definition of data curation, how data science methods might be misused, building a multidisciplinary team, and more.

    Sep 6, 2018

  • Blood-Testing Firm Theranos To Dissolve

    The Wall Street Journal | Theranos, the blood-testing company accused of perpetrating Silicon Valley's biggest fraud, will formally dissolve. The move comes after prosecutors filed criminal charges against founder Elizabeth Holmes.

    Sep 5, 2018

  • 10x Genomics Acquires Epinomics, To Launch ATAC-Seq Product

    Bio-IT World | 10x Genomics has acquired Epinomics, a pioneer in the growing epigenetics space, giving 10x Genomics ATAC-seq technology and fundamental IP to accelerate discoveries and further research in epigenomics, paving the way for a new understanding of disease, diagnostics and therapeutics.

    Sep 5, 2018

  • Best of Show VR Winner, Nanome, Available For Free Download

    Bio-IT World Brief  Nanome has launched its virtual reality platform for anybody interested in playing around with molecules, the company said. The platform includes a free tier on the Oculus VR Marketplace.

    Sep 4, 2018

  • First CRISPR Clinical Trial Backed By US Companies Launches

    STAT | The first clinical trial of CRISPR-Cas9, co-sponsored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, will test the genome-editing technique in patients with the blood disorder beta thalassemia.

    Aug 31, 2018

  • Is Machine Learning Overhyped?

    Chemical & Engineering News | Chemists weigh in on the technique's possibilities and its pitfalls.

    Aug 31, 2018

  • Microsoft Announces General Availability Of Azure CycleCloud

    Bio-IT World | Yesterday Microsoft announced the general availability of Azure CycleCloud, a tool for creating, managing, operating, and optimizing HPC clusters of any scale in Azure born from Microsoft’s acquisition last August of Cycle Computing.

    Aug 30, 2018

  • Peerwith Uses Blockchain In Peer-2-Peer Marketplace, Introduces New Payment Token

    Bio-IT World | Peer-to-peer scientist marketplace, Peerwith, recently launched their blockchain-based payment token, PeerScienceCoin, hoping to hold value for the wider researcher services ecosystem and help solve current problems around payments and micro-payments in academia.

    Aug 30, 2018