• QIAGEN Releases GeneReader for Clinical Sequencing in Cancer

    Bio-IT World | Molecular diagnostics company QIAGEN has finally unveiled its DNA sequencer, the GeneReader, as a highly multiplexed clinical tool focused on somatic cancer, with full automation from sample preparation to variant interpretation.

    Nov 9, 2015

  • What's Going On in Craig Venter's Health Nucleus?

    STAT | Human Longevity, Craig Venter's latest company, has begun offering a strikingly comprehensive health scan featuring whole genome sequencing, microbiome analysis, and a series of imaging procedures. But many are skeptical any of this has real medical value.

    Nov 5, 2015

  • Verge Genomics Raises $4 Million with Help from Y Combinator

    TechCrunch | One of several biotechs recently backed by tech accelerator Y Combinator, Verge Genomics has closed a $4 million seed round to follow leads from its predictive algorithms for drug repurposing in neurological disease.

    Nov 4, 2015

  • MinION Sequencing Untangles RNA Transcripts in a Difficult Gene

    Bio-IT World | The Graveley lab at the University of Connecticut has demonstrated that the handheld MinION nanopore sequencer can distinguish between RNA isoforms in Dscam1, the most alternatively spliced gene known to science.

    Nov 3, 2015

  • IBM pumps up its hybrid-cloud muscle with Gravitant buy

    Computerworld | IBM bought Gravitant, a maker of brokerage software designed ease the purchase and management of software and services across mixed cloud platforms.

    Nov 3, 2015

  • Tute’s Knome-Powered Vision for an Integrated Genomics Vertical

    Bio-IT World  | Tute Genomics announced this morning that the company has acquired Knome, one of the earliest players in the consumer genomics space. The acquisition will further develop Tute’s genomics analysis pipeline in pursuit of an integrated genomics analysis product.

    Nov 2, 2015

  • Storify: Should Whole Genome Sequencing Be the Standard for Rare Disease?

    Bio-IT World | Elizabeth Worthey's comment that families affected by rare disease should push for whole genome sequencing has bioinformatics Twitter abuzz today, with a passionate and detailed debate about the best use of healthcare resources in the pursuit of a genetic diagnosis.

    Nov 2, 2015

  • End of the Line for Knome with Acquisition by Tute Genomics

    Xconomy | After eight years, more than $20 million raised, and an assortment of different business plans, Massachusetts genomics firm Knome has been acquired by tiny Tute Genomics of Utah.

    Nov 2, 2015

  • October News and Product Briefs

    Bio-IT World | News and product releases from around the industry, including a CDC test of the Edico DRAGEN processor and new CRISPR partnerships.

    Oct 30, 2015

  • A Moore’s Law Mystery

    The Last Word On Nothing | Was Moore's Law originally developed as a marketing ploy for Intel?

    Oct 30, 2015

  • Direct Genomics' New Clinical Sequencer Revives a Forgotten DNA Technology

    Bio-IT World | At Direct Genomics in Shenzhen, He Jiankui is bringing back the sequencing technology of the defunct Helicos Biosciences to build a new DNA sequencer for the clinic, promising targeted diagnostic tests with minimal sample preparation and low input requirements.

    Oct 29, 2015