• CRISPR Gene-Editing Tested In A Person For The First Time

    Nature News & Comment | A Chinese group has become the first to inject a person with cells that contain genes edited using the revolutionary CRISPR-Cas9 technique. The move by Chinese scientists could spark a biomedical duel between China and the United States.

    Nov 15, 2016

  • Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Adopts DNAnexus on Azure

    Bio-IT World The Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine (SCGPM) has adopted the DNAnexus Platform on the Microsoft Azure cloud for its genomic analysis, data management, and collaborative research solutions.  The SCGPM, which supports researchers across nearly 80 laboratories, brought the two technologies together after working with both DNAnexus and Microsoft independently.

    Nov 15, 2016

  • American Heart Association, AWS Launch Heart Disease Cloud Marketplace

    Bio-IT World News Brief | The American Heart Association (AHA) announced a milestone in its strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS): the launch of a global, secure cloud-based data marketplace for cardiovascular diseases. The AHA Precision Medicine Platform will include an array of curated datasets, that are centrally stored, easily searched and accessible, and managed on the AWS cloud

    Nov 14, 2016

  • IBM Is Using Tiny Tubes to Grow the Chips of the Future

    WIRED | Carbon nanotube are too tiny to carve. So IBM is using chemistry to grow chips like crystals.

    Nov 14, 2016

  • Hurdles Lie Ahead For Korea's Biotechnology Push

    The Korea Herald | Faced with the continued slowdown of its manufacturing sector, South Korea is eyeing new growth in the field of biotechnology, a promising industry expected for a sharp growth in the years ahead.

    Nov 14, 2016

  • Why Thousands Of Veterans Are Donating Their DNA To Science

    STAT | Veterans are donating their blood to the VA as part of one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken to understand our DNA.

    Nov 11, 2016