• DNAstack Launched for Google Cloud Genomics

    Bio-IT World | This week DNAstack, a Toronto-based genomic software company, launched its Google Cloud platform to accelerate genetic disease research and precision medicine built on GA4GH APIs.

    Oct 18, 2016

  • Veritas Genetics Lands $30M for $1,000 Genome Sequencing

    Xconomy | Veritas Genetics, which sells genome sequencing and genetic screening tests, has received a $30 million Series B round of funding to add more products, build out its digital tools for consumers, and ink partnerships with hospitals and researchers around the world.

    Oct 18, 2016

  • Microsoft computing method makes key aspect of genomic sequencing seven times faster

    Microsoft Blog | In a blog post this morning, Microsoft announced that it has come up with a way to "significantly reduce the time it takes to do the major computational aspects of sequencing a genome." Microsoft is running the BWA aligner and GATK on the Azure cloud, and says it is 7x faster than previously.

    Oct 18, 2016

  • If Billionaires Fund Your Research, Don't Take Public Money

    WIRED | Recent high-profile donations and initiatives highlight the private control of publicly funded biomedical research. The injection of private money into science is creating power alliances and disrupting the longstanding public research-funding model.

    Oct 17, 2016

  • Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb Could Face a Big Threat from Small Biotech Exelixis

    The Motley Fool | On Oct. 10, Exelixis announced results from its phase 2 CABOSUN study of Cabometyx in patients with previously untreated advanced kidney cancer. This clinical trial was structured as a head-to-head comparison between Cabometyx and Pfizer's Sutent, and Cabometyx emerged as the clear winner.

    Oct 17, 2016

  • Ewan Birney To Lead Global Alliance For Genomics and Health

    Bio-IT World | The Global Alliance for Genomics in Health (GA4GH) has selected Ewan Birney, Director of the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), to steward its member organizations in producing solutions for sharing genomic and clinical data. Birney took to his blog to address the new position.

    Oct 14, 2016

  • Among the Multitude: A Look At The Complexity Of Diversity In Genetics

    Bio-IT World | Genetics research is not as diverse as one would hope. Present discussions on this issue have led to the launching of multiple initiatives, including those from Illumina and 23andMe this week, whose goal is to develop the data pool in Africa.

    Oct 13, 2016

  • IBMs Cleversafe Storage Platform Is Becoming A Cloud Service

    Computerworld | The idea with IBM's new Cloud Object Storage service: If dispersing data among storage nodes can make it more secure and less prone to loss, spreading it across far-flung cloud data centers make it even more so.

    Oct 13, 2016