• Virtual Cell Challenge Announces Prize for AI Models of Cellular Response

    Bio-IT World | In a commentary published last week in Cell, researchers from the Arc Institute introduced the “Virtual Cell Challenge,” a public competition with a grand prize worth $100,000 for the machine learning model that best predicts how cells will respond to genetic perturbations.

    Jul 3, 2025

  • Anne Wojcicki Buys Back 23andMe for $305M, Promises Data Security

    Bio-IT World | Consumer genomics pioneer 23andMe will be returning to its co-founder and former CEO as Anne Wojcicki’s TTAM Research Institute outbids Regeneron to buy 23andMe out of bankruptcy—as long as no more state attorneys general object. The current iteration of the sale is expected to close on July 8.

    Jul 2, 2025

  • Real-Time Drug Monitoring: A New Era for Drug Discovery and Development

    Bio-IT World | In Stanford University's engineering labs, Tom Soh has been wrestling with a paradox that has plagued medicine for decades. While modern jet engines generate terabytes of data every hour to prevent catastrophic failures, the human body gets monitored only during annual checkups or after something has already gone wrong.

    Jul 1, 2025