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

    Jul 03 | 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. More

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

    Jul 02 | 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. More

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

    Jul 01 | 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. More

  • UK Study Demonstrates Real-World Value of Genetic Testing for Drug Prescribing

    Jun 26 | Bio-IT World | The UK's National Health Service is pioneering a new approach to precision medicine through pharmacogenomic testing that could transform how doctors prescribe medications and significantly reduce healthcare costs. Early results from the NHS PROGRESS trial suggest that genetic testing can guide prescribing decisions for nearly all patients, with one in four participants having their prescriptions adjusted for safer or more effective treatment. More

  • Follow the Money: ITM’s Gastroenteropancreatic Therapy, GRIN, Angelini Pharma Collaborates, More

    Jun 25 | Bio-IT World | ITM plans to use their financing to prepare for commercial readiness and potential market launch of the company’s lead candidate, n.c.a. 177Lu-edotreotide, which treats gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; GRIN and Angelini Pharma will develop and expand commercial rights outside of North America for GRIN's investigational drug radiprodil, which treats rare genetic epilepsies and neurodevelopmental disorders; and more. More

  • Pangaea Data, Alexion Collaboration, Dell to Develop Supercomputer, More

    Jun 24 | Bio-IT World | Pangaea Data has entered into a collaboration agreement with Alexion to develop an Artificial Intelligence Clinical Decision Support System; Dell Technologies will develop NERSC-10, the next flagship supercomputer at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center; and more. More

  • Nanoneedle Patch Enables Non-Invasive Tissue Sampling Offering Spatiotemporal Insights

    Jun 19 | Bio-IT World | Nanoneedle technology developed by researchers from King’s College London offers the ability to extract molecular information from living tissue without damaging or killing cells—offering spatial and longitudinal molecular insights that is described as a “fundamental scientific breakthrough.” More

  • Black Swan Initiative: Multi-Pronged Research Strategy Targets Multiple Myeloma Cure

    Jun 18 | Bio-IT World | The International Myeloma Foundation's ambitious Black Swan Research Initiative is orchestrating a global collaborative effort to achieve what has long eluded researchers: a true cure for multiple myeloma. Through research partnerships spanning five continents, the initiative is systematically testing multiple therapeutic approaches while revolutionizing how cancer drug approvals are evaluated. More

  • Pistoia Alliance’s FAIR Maturity Assessment Tool

    Jun 17 | Bio-IT World | Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) principles continue to hold an important place in data management and access, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) development, and data sharing between organizations. But FAIR is also complex to implement due to the original FAIR guidelines not being explicit and difficult to understand or visualize for non-experts. The FAIR community of experts with the Pistoia Alliance developed a self-assessment tool that can measure an organization’s FAIR maturity level. More

  • Veteran ‘Lord of the Flies’ Takes a Crack at Addiction

    Jun 12 | Bio-IT World | The brain of fruit flies and humans may be vastly different in size and complexity, but at the circuit level they are not all that different, according to a veteran fly geneticist who has spent much of his career trying to understand why humans abuse drugs. An interest in alcohol dependence segued to another major health problem, cocaine abuse disorder, which has some of the same genetic underpinnings. More
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