• How the World's Governments Have Regulated Human Genome Editing

    Bio-IT World | Members of McGill University’s Centre of Genomics and Policy have published a global survey of restrictions on modifying the human genome, concluding that many regulations are vague and that bans or limitations often relax over time.

    Jan 25, 2016

  • Data Scientists = Research Parasites?

    Forbes | David Shaywitz weighs in on yesterday's editorial from NEJM calling data scientists "research parasites." He was glad, he says, for a major objection to finally be laid out. Now we can move past it.

    Jan 22, 2016

  • Why Data Scientist Is This Year's Hottest Job

    Computerworld | It's notable enough that close to half of the 25 "best jobs in America" named by recruiting site Glassdoor this week are tech-related, but even more striking is the fact that "data scientist" tops the list.

    Jan 21, 2016

  • Pharma Industry Calls on Governments to Fund New Antibiotics

    Phenomena | At the World Economic Forum in Davos, a group of almost 100 pharma companies and trade associations have released a bare bones outline of a plan to spur research into new antibiotics and encourage their responsible use.

    Jan 21, 2016

  • Can Big Genomic Data Reveal the Fundamental Units of the Brain?

    Bio-IT World | An ambitious new study from the Allen Institute for Brain Science illustrates how new methods for isolating and studying single cells, combined with massive RNA sequencing data, are changing the way neuroscientists think about the variety and organization of cells in the brain.

    Jan 20, 2016

  • The Muscular Dystrophy Patient and Olympic Medalist with the Same Genetic Disorder

    ProPublica | David Epstein tells the story of how a woman whose muscles disappeared discovered, through years of dogged research, that she shared a disease with a muscle-bound Olympic athlete.

    Jan 18, 2016

  • NIH Launches Centers for Common Disease Genomics

    Bio-IT World News Brief | With funding from the National Human Genome Research Institute, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, four new Centers for Common Disease Genomics could receive up to $260 million over four years.

    Jan 14, 2016

  • Intellia Therapeutics Forms New Division eXtellia for Joint Programs with Novartis

    Bio-IT World News Brief | Intellia Therapeutics, one of three major companies developing drugs based on CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology, has announced that its ex vivo programs will now be pursued in a new division of the company called eXtellia Therapeutics.

    Jan 14, 2016

  • Pathway Genomics, IBM Health App

    ZDNet | Pathway Genomics last week announced that the app the company has been developing with IBM Watson is now in closed alpha release.

    Jan 12, 2016

  • Jolly Jay Flatley Ushers in Another Big Year for Illumina

    Bio-IT World | The JP Morgan Healthcare Conference comes but once a year. Now it’s here, now it’s here, and Illumina CEO Jay Flatley has honored his seasonal tradition by releasing a new next-generation sequencer in his address to investors.

    Jan 12, 2016