• #BioIT18: What To Do, What To See

    Bio-IT World | Today marks the first day of the 2018 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo. We have a full slate of talks, panels, and awards programs that will be sure to keep us excited about what is happening in the life sciences, biotech, and IT industries. Here’s what to look out for onsite, and some of the first news and product announcements of the week.

    May 14, 2018

  • Open Source Pitfalls At The Biotechnology-High Technology Crossover

    Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Software is eating the biotechnology world. Managers in the traditional biotechnology sector may not be familiar with open source software and related compliance issues, but these issues are bound to come up as they develop technology solutions to the problems of biotechnology.

    May 14, 2018

  • This Cambridge Nonprofit Is Seeking Every Drug Ever Developed

    The Boston Globe | Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard are trying to find new life-saving uses for drugs first developed to cure other diseases.

    May 14, 2018

  • Gene Discovery And Clinical Impact, Rare Disease Studies For Broader Medical Knowledge

    Bio-IT World | Podcast | Catherine Brownstein of Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School is featured on this podcast from Cambridge Healthtech Institute for the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo. Brownstein speaks about her gene discovery work and how research on rare and orphan disease enhance our understanding of medicine overall, among other topics.

    May 11, 2018

  • Oracle Is Rolling Out Blockchain Products

    Bloomberg | Oracle will unveil its blockchain software starting this month, joining the growing list of companies offering products that use the digital-ledger technology behind Bitcoin.

    May 10, 2018

  • Carl Zimmer To Speak At Bio-IT World, Tackle Heredity, Genes, And How Our Understanding Of The Two Is Changing

    Bio-IT World | Carl Zimmer traces our growing understanding of our genes, inheritance, and what it means to pass on parts of ourselves in his new book, She Has Her Mother’s Laugh, which will be released by Dutton on May 29, 2018.

    May 9, 2018