• Foundations for Change: A Framework for Transforming R&D Outcomes With AI

    Bio-IT World | For AI and data-driven drug discovery to have a tangible impact on R&D success, a change in the culture is as important as any investment at a data, model, and validation level. Until quite recently, the perceived value of AI in drug discovery and development failed to match the hype.

    Nov 8, 2024

  • PacBio’s Pink Desktop Platform, $500 Genome Chemistry

    Bio-IT World | This week at the American Society of Human Genetics meeting, Pacific Biosciences unveiled both its new SPRQ chemistry—pronounced “spark”— and its newest sequencing platform, Vega, a desktop, long-read sequencer with all the compute on board. Also it’s pink.

    Nov 7, 2024

  • New Data Suggests a More Expansive View of Heart Health Lipids

    Bio-IT World | The traditional LDL and HDL cholesterol tests may soon be obsolete as new research suggests they provide an incomplete view of heart health compared to other lipid molecules circulating in the blood. This shift stems from a recent study led by Dr. Cristina Legido-Quigley, a systems medicine expert at King’s College London and Steno Diabetes Centre, which analyzed lipids in children with obesity.

    Nov 4, 2024

  • AI Points to Drug Repurposing Opportunities for Diseases Without Cures

    Bio-IT World | Harvard scientists have succeeded in using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify promising drug candidates for diseases for which there are no examples of successful treatment. The graph foundation model, known as TxGNN, opens untold opportunities to repurpose drugs for the thousands of diseases afflicting small populations and exacting a huge toll in terms of both economics and human suffering.

    Oct 31, 2024

  • New 10x Instruments, Merck Acquires Modifi Biosciences, New Immunogenicity Bioanalysis Features, Partnerships, More

    Bio-IT World | Modifi Biosciences has been acquired by Merck; Sapio Sciences announces the addition of new immunogenicity bioanalysis features to its industry-leading lab informatics platform; and more.

    Oct 30, 2024

  • Follow the Money: Small Molecule Solutions AI Platform, MIT, Basecamp Research Collaboration, More

    Bio-IT World | Terray Therapeutics will enhance their integrated AI platform, tNova, which identifies and optimizes novel small molecule solutions to the most complex problems; Basecamp Research, in collaboration with the laboratory of Dr. David R. Liu at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, plans to advance their data collection and strengthen their AI capabilities; and more.

    Oct 29, 2024