• Oxford Nanopore's Newly Named CEO Brings Diagnostics Expertise

    Dec 08 | Bio-IT World | Oxford Nanopore Technologies named a new CEO this morning, choosing an executive with extensive diagnostics experience. Francis Van Parys, currently CEO of Radiometer, will join Oxford Nanopore and the Board as an Executive Director on March 2, 2026. More

  • National University of Singapore Launches First Global Medical AI Foundation Model

    Dec 04 | Bio-IT World | Since artificial intelligence (AI) made its way into the medical field, foundation models—machine learning systems that are trained on broad data and adaptable to a wide range of downstream tasks—have become a focus. These foundation models are used to perform various medical tasks with minimal amounts of data. Of course, this means that these models require robust training, which poses a challenge for researchers. More

  • How Next-Gen Biotechnology Is Transforming Genetic Risk Prediction

    Dec 03 | Bio-IT World | As genetic testing becomes a routine part of modern medicine, researchers are grappling with an unintended consequence: a flood of never-before-seen genetic variants whose clinical significance is unknown. These variants of uncertain significance (VUS), now number in the tens of thousands, outpace the capacity of traditional scientific methods to determine whether they contribute to disease. More

  • Psychedelics and Patient Selection Tools Propelling Precision Psychiatry

    Dec 02 | Bio-IT World | How depression gets treated in the next decade is poised for significant change thanks to encouraging developments in the use of psychedelics and dissociative compounds like ketamine to alleviate symptoms of the mood disorder. Scientific interest in psychedelic-based therapies has skyrocketed in recent years, driven by promising clinical trial outcomes, a flood of financial investment, and the urgent need for new treatments to counter a growing mental health crisis More

  • Follow the Money: Enveloped Delivery Vehicle Technology, Oral Medication for Inflammatory, Neurological Diseases, More

    Nov 25 | Bio-IT World | Azalea Therapeutics will advance their Enveloped Delivery Vehicle (EDV) technology; Gate Biosciences will advance inflammatory and neurological disease treatments through the convenience of a pill; and more. More

  • Eli Lilly to Open Lab in Philadelphia, QIAGEN to Acquire Parse Biosciences, Novartis Expands to North Carolina

    Nov 24 | Bio-IT World | Eli Lilly plans to open a new lab in Philadelphia; QIAGEN enters into a definitive agreement to fully acquire Parse Biosciences; Novartis announced plans to expand a flagship hub in North Carolina; and more. More

  • Ginkgo Datapoints Launches Virtual Cell Pharmacology Initiative

    Nov 21 | Bio-IT World | Ginkgo Datapoints has launched V-Ref293, a novel engineered cell line designated specifically as the reference standard for virtual cell research. Along with the cell line, the group is launching the Virtual Cell Pharmacology Initiative (VCPI), the first project under The Virtual Cell bio-AI community platform from Ginkgo Datapoints. More

  • The Women’s Health Gap: 5 Cautionary Tales of Clinical Blunders

    Nov 19 | Bio-IT World | Progress on women’s health, which was only truly recognized at the federal level when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asked for the inclusion of women in clinical trials in 1993, encountered a large obstacle earlier this year when the White House cut off a major funding initiative established by previous administrations intended to right the harms from decades of largely failing to include women in medical research. The move marks a succession of blind spot moments in the history of human research that have had damaging consequences for women. More

  • ASTRA Consortium Unites Asia-Pacific Scientists to Build Pan-Cancer Spatial Atlas

    Nov 18 | Bio-IT World | Last week, The Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Australia, the University of Tokyo in Japan, and 10x Genomics announced an initiative to create a comprehensive pan-cancer spatial atlas. The Asia-Pacific Spatial Translational Research Alliance (ASTRA), a consortium that fosters collaboration in spatial research across the Asia-Pacific region, will use 10x Genomics’ Xenium spatial platform to map how cancer and immune cells communicate across 2,000 tumor samples. More

  • Why Are We Focused on Simulation-based Methods for Predicting Binding Affinity?

    Nov 14 | Bio-IT World | Early computational drug discovery relies on accurate predictions of binding affinity. If we can accurately predict the affinity of molecule designs, we can dramatically reduce the number of compounds that we need to synthesize and test when optimizing new drug candidates. More
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