• HealthSeq Study Offers Healthy New Yorkers Whole Genome Sequencing

    Bio-IT World | Following on studies like ClinSeq and MedSeq, Mount Sinai School of Medicine's HealthSeq project is tracking patient responses to genome-wide testing, in an effort to extend these studies to a more diverse population and include non-health-related results like ancestry and physical trait information.

    Jul 7, 2015

  • Grappling with Genomic Sequencing of Newborns

    MIT Technology Review | The BabySeq project in Boston has begun collecting data to quantify the risks and benefits of DNA sequencing at birth.

    Jul 2, 2015

  • June News and Product Briefs

    Bio-IT World | News and product briefs from around the industry, including landmarks on the second anniversary of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, and the commercial launch of 10X Genomics' GemCode platform.

    Jul 1, 2015

  • Clone-Free, Single-Molecule Genome Assembly Illuminates Structural Variation

    Bio-IT World | A large collaboration led by scientists at the Icahn Institute has combined PacBio sequencing and BioNano optical maps to produce the most contiguous human genome ever assembled without cloning steps, bringing a new degree of resolution to studies of complex structural variants.

    Jun 30, 2015

  • Celgene To Pay $1B For A Big Piece of Juno and T Cell Therapies

    Xconomy | It seemed only a matter of time. One of biotech's most aggressive deal makers, Celgene has struck a wide-ranging, billion-dollar partnership with Juno Therapeutics.

    Jun 30, 2015

  • #TCGC15: Databases, Genomics, and Making Clinical Sequencing Work

    Bio-IT World News Brief | The fourth annual Clinical Genome Conference wrapped up last week in San Francisco. It was a packed three days of short courses, presentations, and discussion that spilled over the time slots and into the evening. Thankfully, much of it ended up on Twitter.

    Jun 29, 2015

  • Report from the Festival of Genomics

    Bio-IT World | A new event held this week in Boston, the Festival of Genomics, aimed to engage the public with this burgeoning science, while emphasizing to scientists the importance of data sharing and of integrating DNA data with meaningful health information in order to deliver on the promises of genomic medicine.

    Jun 26, 2015

  • Mount Sinai Announces Precision Wellness Center

    Bio-IT World | The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai today announced the Harris Center for Precision Wellness. The center is part of the Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology and will be directed by Joel Dudley of the Icahn Institute and Gregory Stock, formerly of UCLA.

    Jun 25, 2015

  • Google Genomics, Broad Partner, Offer GATK on Google Cloud Platform

    Bio-IT World News Brief | This morning Google Genomics announced a partnership with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to, “combine the power, security, and scale of Google Cloud Platform with Broad Institute’s expertise in scientific analysis.” The first offering will be the GATK on Google Cloud Platform. 

    Jun 24, 2015