• Renewed Attention Sees New Progress For Hepatitis B

    Bio-IT World | The HBV field has seen increased attention from industry research in the past few years, influenced by the success of new hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapies. After scientists realized HCV could be cured, they turned their attention to hepatitis B, hoping to develop a cure for it also.

    Aug 31, 2017

  • FDA Approval Brings First Gene Therapy To The United States

    Bio-IT World Brief | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a historic action today making the first gene therapy available in the United States, ushering in a new approach to the treatment of cancer and other serious and life-threatening diseases.

    Aug 30, 2017

  • Edico, DNAnexus Launch $20, 90-minute Whole Genome Analysis

    Bio-IT World Edico Genome and DNAnexus, Inc. today announced the availability of Edico Genome’s DRAGEN on Amazon Web Service’s EC2 F1/FPGA instances via DNAnexus. For a limited time, the cost to analyze a whole genome at 35X coverage will be $20 and take about an hour and a half, Pieter van Rooyen said.

    Aug 30, 2017

  • Seven Bridges, Numerate, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, And More: News From August 2017

    Bio-IT World | August featured exciting new, products, and partnerships from around the bio-IT community from innovating companies, organizations, and universities, including Seven Bridges, Numerate, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, and more.

    Aug 30, 2017

  • Freenome Announces Series A Extension Led By Section 32

    Diagnostics World News | Freenome announced that it has raised an additional $7 million as an extension to its previously announced Series A funding, bringing the total to nearly $72 million. The extension was led by Section 32.

    Aug 28, 2017

  • Gilead Agrees To Buy Kite Pharma, Leaping Into CAR-T Cancer Therapy

    STAT | Gilead agrees to buy Kite Pharma and its emerging line of CAR-T oncology therapies, which aim to harnesses the immune system to fight cancer.

    Aug 28, 2017

  • Allotrope Foundation: A Framework For Knowledge Management

    Bio-IT World | 2017 Best Practices Awards | The Allotrope Foundation hopes their Allotrope Framework will allow researchers to rethink the way they acquire and manage scientific data.

    Aug 25, 2017

  • The Next Digital Arms Race In Life Sciences

    Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Life sciences research is in the middle of a digital arms race. As more research is conducted, more data is produced and more storage is required.

    Aug 23, 2017

  • Data Sharing Built With BRICS

    Bio-IT World | 2017 Best Practices Awards | The Biomedical Imaging Research Services Section of the NIH is offering its Biomedical Research Informatics Computing System to assist researchers in the collection and application of data for research studies and clinical trials.

    Aug 21, 2017

  • Scientists Try Gene Editing In Human Embryos

    NPR.org | Scientists at the Oregon Health & Science University have begun editing the DNA in human embryos to try to prevent genetic diseases.

    Aug 18, 2017