• Function Follows Form: A New Look at Genome Folding

    Bio-IT World | Fitting a two-meter strand of DNA into a nucleus a few microns long is no simple thing. The genome isn’t wadded up and stuffed into every cell in the body, it’s folded meticulously. A five-year effort to look at the genome inside cells suggests that these folds may play crucial roles in function.

    Dec 19, 2014

  • Genome Sequencing Exploring the Diagnostic Promise

    NIH Director's Blog | At the time that we completed a draft of the 3 billion letters of the human genome about a decade ago, it would have cost about $100 million to sequence a second human genome. Today, thanks to advances in DNA sequencing technology, it will soon be possible to sequence your genome or mine for  $1,000…

    Dec 19, 2014

  • Version 13 of the Human Protein Atlas, Clickable, Downloadable, and Nearly Complete, is Now Online

    Bio-IT World | A new version of a research tool described as the world’s first spatial index to the human proteome is expected to change the nature of drug development, and is already the source of some two external peer-reviewed research papers on average every day, said Professor Mathias Uhlén, at a press conference on Nov. 6 announcing the release of version 13 of the Atlas.

    Dec 18, 2014

  • Global Alliance Plans Internet for Genomes

    MIT Technology Review | Scientists are starting to open their DNA databases online, creating a network that could pave the way for gene analysis at a new scale.

    Dec 18, 2014

  • Big Pharma Moves to Boston

    Boston Globe | Big pharma is expanding its reach in the Boston area, picking up small to mid-sized biotechs for billions of dollars. Last week Merck announced plans to buy Cubist Pharmaceuticals for $9.5 billion.

    Dec 17, 2014

  • 14M Genomics Spins out of Sanger

    Business Weekly | A new genomics powerhouse, 14M Genomics, spun out of the world famous Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, has been launched in the Cambridge UK technology cluster with a £12.5 million financing.

    Dec 17, 2014

  • Quanterix Offers Lab Access to Simoa Protein Analyzer

    Bio-IT World News Brief | Quanterix today announced the opening of a Simoa Accelerator in Lexington, Mass., where scientists and can rent access to the company's high-throughput Simoa instruments for protein analysis.

    Dec 16, 2014

  • Retraction Watch to Build Comprehensive Database of Retractions

    Bio-IT World News Brief | Retraction Watch, a popular blog founded in 2010 to investigate retractions in the scientific literature, has received a two-year grant from the MacArthur Foundation to compile a database of all retractions, corrections, and expressions of concern in every field of science.

    Dec 15, 2014